Thread: Days of Beard Growth

I usually shave every day but on occasion skip a day and find I get a smoother and closer shave with that extra growth.

I usually shave every couple of days too. But if I go5 or 6 days I still get a real nice clean smooth shave. I have tried to shave everyday just cant do it all the time face stays irritated and red.

It is unadvisable to revive the dead, but why start a new thread?

I find my best shave is at night when I have shaved in the morning. Maybe it's because I'm new at shaving with a straight, or maybe it's because my stubble is standing up straighter. I have yet to keep my face bbs for more than a few hours

I always do a 3 pass shave WTG, XTG, & ATG and I shave every 36 hours. My best shaves come when the stubble is 2-3 days old. I imagine the longer I let my beard grow the better the shave.

I do not get good results when shaving after 24hrs as the there is not enough stubble and the skin is still quite supple. It causes irritation, as I am just scraping skin.

Although I have just started shaving, I find that skin is too irritated day after day....so I shave one side one day and the other the next day in order to be able to practive straight razor shaving everyday.

It doesn't look wired as most of the time the day old stubble vs. the newly shaved side is barely noticeable....

Sorry to hear you are having trouble maintaining a BBS for more than a few hours, but at least you are getting to that point of having one at the completion of the shave again....I think the ultimate BBS would be page 35 of Moss's manual.

Originally Posted by shaverdude

Although I have just started shaving, I find that skin is too irritated day after day....so I shave one side one day and the other the next day in order to be able to practive straight razor shaving everyday.

It doesn't look wired as most of the time the day old stubble vs. the newly shaved side is barely noticeable....

Sorry to hear you are having trouble maintaining a BBS for more than a few hours, but at least you are getting to that point of having one at the completion of the shave again....I think the ultimate BBS would be page 35 of Moss's manual.

Either the contrast between my skin color and hair color is too great, or my hair grows too quickly to be able to shave alternate sides of my face daily. Or perhaps I am not cutting as close as I could! Maybe I should attach a camera to the collar of my shirt for a few days and get a time lapse photo montage of how my beard comes in

I shave every day, but if I do miss a day, it seems to be just a little more work. Not much though.

My grandfather used to shave twice a day.

I enjoy my daily shave. However, in my experience of many years of shaving, the best feeling shave is experienced after 2 or 3 days of growth. I think the rest gives the skin time to recover as it feels particularly smooth afterward.

Nonetheless, I can't put a straight down for more than 24 hours. My morning dilemna is whether to stick to my rotation or pick a favorite blade out its order.

I tend to shave every three days (sometimes two). Any sooner and it irritates my neck. I had the same problem when using a cartridge razor and I've had it even with a newly honed razor. Otherwise, I would rather shave every day.

I like letting it grow, it just seems to be more fun.