Thread: One pass with XTG/ATG only??

When I started cold water shaving, I felt that the blade pulled a little more on ATG - so in response I worked even more on my technique.

After this got to the point of feeling 'normal' and comfortable, a thought popped into my head - ATG only??

Could you just go for the 'last' pass without WTG - assuming your blade and technique were good enough?

So - I tried it last night. Using just my usual '2nd pass' routine of XTG/ATG with gentle scything/slicing/buffing motions.

Result? All in all - pretty good. Felt a bit like when I first started doing ATG - pulling a bit at first, but improved as I adjusted my technique. Not the most comfortable, but I felt that with practice it could get comfortable.

Will I keep doing it? Not sure at this point, but it was an interesting experiment. I'm thinking that with a well tuned technique, you could probably have a pretty comfortable shave with BBS results in one pass XTG/ATG.

Even with a 2 pass shave - I probably don't need to fuss quite as much on the WTG pass.

I guess it all comes down to experimenting with and improving my technique.

Thanks for reading!

All the best,
Michael.