View Poll Results: How Often Do You Attain A "BBS"

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  • always

    17 15.45%
  • often

    33 30.00%
  • sometimes

    24 21.82%
  • never

    7 6.36%
  • depends on how much time i devote to the shave

    32 29.09%
  • still waiting on the first one

    12 10.91%
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    I'd say 99.9% of the time I get a BBS shave. It just depends on how much abuse my neck has taken recently!

    If its playing up (as it is at the moment), then I tend to hold back a bit and its only BBS if I feel going WTG. My face is always BBS though, its just my neck I have to be careful about, so I went with always (for my face) and often (for my neck).

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    Quote Originally Posted by 59caddy View Post
    How Often Do You Attain A "BBS"
    Not often. I guess I haven't tried to attain one in months, and I'm not sure I ever attained a face and neck with the same smoothness as a baby's surprise basket
    Last edited by hoglahoo; 02-15-2010 at 04:28 PM. Reason: removed the part about only achieving bbs every 99.993% of the time (missing one out of every 14,000 shaves)

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    I remember when I was Still Waiting on the first one. It seemed like it would never happen. Sometimes I would get close, But often not. Now I always yearn for that BBS Feeling.

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    "Never".

    But I am purposely not aiming for it either. My skin is to sensitive, so I cant go against the grain.
    One of the reasons I actually picked up a straight in the first place, was because I found that it was easier on my skin to shave with a straight.
    By leaving a little stubble, my skin does not get irritated.

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    BBS ain't what it's all cracked up to be
    Not quite sure I agree with this statement. A true BBS should last a very long when done with a straight. When I do it I'm good for an entire 8hrs easy.

    Cheers
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    I'm very particular when it comes to what I call a true BBS shave. True to a baby's butt, I expect you can rub your hand in any direction and feel completely smooth. Honestly, I can achieve this in some places, but in the tougher spots, I get an ever so slight rough sensation when rubbing ATG (totally smooth in every other direction). Because I can find these 'rough' spots, even though they are ever so slight and only ATG, I call it a DFS, not BBS, although I suspect for some, this is BBS.

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    Thumbs up 1st BBS shave

    Hi Guys & Gals
    I finally achieved a BBS after 5 weeks of practice with my first straight razor. I have been practising with a shavette for 3 months before this and it has come together faster than I expected thanks to all of the superb info, knowledge and skills imparted by all on this site.
    Thanks guys & gals

    Kind Regards, Andy.

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    Congrads Razorlight, and I love the band too! Good stuff!

    The Rakes are good too!

    Cheers
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    Quote Originally Posted by mbrossar View Post
    I'm very particular when it comes to what I call a true BBS shave. True to a baby's butt, I expect you can rub your hand in any direction and feel completely smooth. Honestly, I can achieve this in some places, but in the tougher spots, I get an ever so slight rough sensation when rubbing ATG (totally smooth in every other direction). Because I can find these 'rough' spots, even though they are ever so slight and only ATG, I call it a DFS, not BBS, although I suspect for some, this is BBS.
    Well said.

    I've gotten BBS in the tough spots on a few rare occasions, but generally I just get a DFS. (Upper lip in particular, but it's pretty close unless I curl my lip over my teeth.)

    If the poll was for DFS I'd definitely say always! Then again, if I was born rich I wouldn't be poor. Well maybe I would, but I'd have a lot more razors to show for it!

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    I said sometimes. I can do it if I want to, but I usually don't. I will get razor burn if I go for BBS. Maybe my technique isn't great, but I think it's beacuse I have very sensitive skin. I could not shave with a Mach 3 without getting razor burn, no matter what I did. I aim for Directional BBS - my face will feel BBS when rubbed in the direction I make a pass. That, going mostly WTG and some XTG, is plenty close for me.

    On special occasions, I may go for BBS.

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