Thread: How Many Passes

EXCLUDING any touch-ups which you might do without lather, what passes do you do?

Unless I'm in a terrible rush or I've beaten my face up with a bad shave the day before, I'm a 3 passes kinda guy. Doesn't seem to matter what kind of razor or blade I use, it's just the evasive nature of my beard.

Christian

Unless I have bleeders that require immediate attention and I have to cut my shave short, 3 passes, with, across and against, in that order.

RT

I use only 2 passes. Both with the grain except for under my chin. I hit it once with, and once against the grain. I usually don't need any "touch ups". That generally give me a smooth face, at least for the first few hours.lol

I shave daily and typically do a with the grain & across. If time permits and I feel like having a baby's butt for a face, I'll do an against the grain pass.

My daily routine consists of shaving one pass each: with, across, & against the grain. I finish up with two additional passes against the grain above and below the jawline.

I typically do one pass with the grain, one pass against the grain, both with lather, followed by a touch-up pass of water only. I've been experimenting with water only as a second pass lately.

3 passes total, excluding touch ups.....

one pass with, around 30 degrees.
another pass with, much steeper blade angle
third pass across.

This gets me very smooth. I can get a tiny bit smoother by going against, but the extra time and effort outweigh the benefits to me...

Jeff

For me its 2 passes total - one with, one against the grain. For my trouble areas (esp. Chin) I have to do a clean-up with my DE afterwards for this baby-butt-smooth feeling - can't get me to accept anything less

-Axel-

Each with lather. With, cross-grain, against.

Jeff