Thread: Curious? How many passes?

I myself ALWAYS go for BBS. I deserve it. Usually three passes, then just cold water, no lather, ATG for those remaining touch up spots.

day to day shave is 1 1/2 1 pass wtg and a atg pass on my neck. for that sunday shave 2 1/2 with a full atg and a touch up on my jaw line and chin

I do WTG in a scything motion, then XTG AND ATG, followed by Cold water rinse and as many touch ups while using more lather for all the trouble spots. I do a complete shave prep, with lots 'O hot water, very hot micro fiber face towels for 3 to 4 minutes, and mostly I use Proraso Pre/Post shave cream, sometimes I use generic brand Noxema to substitute for the Proraso to be economecal. Finish with another very cold water rinse and use of an Alum block, another rinse, and the post shave cream to condition the skin. I do this many pass's because even with a freshly and profesionaly honed Str8 or even a brand new blade in a shavette my beard won't cut cleanly with just a couple of pass's.
Thanks for letting me share this with you blouks!!

Have a great shave every day!!

Your friend, J.Doc'Kaufman

I always go for BBS. I have to have 5 passes and a spot touch-up.

1. N-S pass very light, just knocking down the big boys.
2. N-S pass using scything motion and that includes the chin really good.
3. XTG from center to ear using scything along the jaw line.
4. XTG from ear to center and slow scything along and under the jaw line, no neck shaving.
5. ATG using pretty tight stretching. This includes the chin and upper lip.

The reason that I do two N-S passes is that my beard is so course that if I don't, and try scything, I will find a "stumpy" hair that will stop and deflect my razor ever so slightly downward so that I cut myself. For me, the N-S is the bedrock of a good shave. If it is lacking then the rest will come out ok, but not stellar.


Take Care,
Richard

1st- WTG
2ND- ATG
3RD- WTG to finish up.

This is when I have some time on my hands after about 1 1/2 days.

On average I go WTG twice.

I can not do atg for the most part... I couple spots I do but if I do a third atg pass on some areas I break out really bad. wtf and xtg is all I need for a 2 day.

I usually do 3. 2 WTG/XTG hybrid passes and a ATG pass. As my technique has improved, I can get a DFS with just the 2 WTG/XTG passes. I usually still do three, b/c it's more practice and it's fun. Even when I do 3 I have only very mild irritation. Enough to feel a sting when applying AS but not enough to really burn like it did when I first started. That's improvement.

Just finished my 2nd newbie shave with my 7/8 AJ Jordan Sheffield str8..much better mostly in part as my confidence jumped in the middle of it!..obviousely my DE/SE handles as of now do better but in time I may end up passing them along to my kids!

pcdad

I am going on my 3rd shave and go down 2 passes to minimize the hair then upwards..xtg..not there yet but im getting creative when I try

Because of circumstances beyond my control, it is anatomically impossible for me to stretch my skin as I shave so it's usually 5 passes and sometimes more. Thanks to great honesters and 30 years of practice I achieve BBS about 8 of 10 times. I can live with that.