Thread: How many passes do you do?

Originally Posted by Utopian

Maybe your razor isn't sharp enough?
Just kidding Lynn!

On days when I'm just shaving for the sake of shaving, I do a single wtg. When I'm testing razors, I do wtg, atg, xtg, and just enough atg for assessment or I risk redness occasionally as well. I guess mine aren't sharp enough either!

My dad was a redhead and I inherited his overly sensitive skin with a pretty heavy beard. I tried an electric razor as a kid and it really irritated my face.

I'll keep working on that sharpness..............................

Have fun,

Lynn

Originally Posted by Otto

WTG + XTG + ATG + Water Pass = BBS

I like Otto's approach. I water pass as required: base of neck, chin, lower cheeks. I like the BBS results. Could it be an obsession?

A couple.

Usually I focus on the ATG passes to clean up.

Originally Posted by Otto

WTG + XTG + ATG + Water Pass = BBS

That's what I do most often, though I sometimes squeeze in a 2nd XTG pass in the opposite direction to the first.

But occasionally I force myself to do just two passes (WTG/XTG), almost deliberately setting out to get a bad shave. It's a way of counteracting the obsession with perfection. But the results are still very good. To be honest even one N-S pass can give a respectable looking shave if you force yourself to stop there.

My lather is crammed full of stubble after the first pass. After that I see hardly any.
Here's today's first pass stuff: Take THAT, whiskers!

I need to do THREE at least to get a smooth shave. My facial hair is like copper wiring.

I usually do 2 wtg. If I am feeling froggy and do a 3rd pass, it is a combination pass of atg neck to jawline and then xtg ear to chin.

I'm an oddball because I do ATG first followed by WTG and then XTG. That's what I do when I shave on a daily basis otherwise I do a normal three pass. I guess it's a habit I've developed back when I started shaving - I always did a single pass ATG with a multi blade, and when I used DEs I also started with ATG pass first if I was shaving daily.

This is because after WTG/XTG passes my hair is too short and stiff and causes blades to skip, essentially removing nothing - this is true even with a multiblade/DEs unless I press the sucker into my face, so it's not an issue of blade sharpness.

I did a 2 pass shave this morning, about 6 hours ago, and now I can feel a hint of stubble if I rub my face. This morning's shave was nice and close too: good lather, good razor, good shave. Could it be that my face is shrinking?

I voted 1 wtg & 1 xtg but it's not the whole thruth. It is my "basic" routine at the moment though it doesn't give pure bbs result. I do also 1 wtg+1 atg passes + touch ups few times a week to reach the closer shave.

WTG, ATG for me.