Thread: DBBS and XBBS (and ABBS)

These are some abbreviations that I have been using, and I find them rather helpful.

DBBS - Directional BBS

Directional BBS is when your face feels BBS when rubbed in the direction you shaved. If you shaved WTG and, when running your hand WTG on your face, your face fells BBS, you have achieved DBBS. Any shave ready razor, used with proper technique, should yield DBBS.

But DBBS means more than just "in the same direction." Imagine you were to assign number values to the traditional WTG, XTG, and ATG directions - 1, 2, and 3 respectively. DBBS would imply that your face feels BBS when you rub at or below the value you shaved. So XTG DBBS would also feel BBS WTG. ATG DBBS (which should just be plain old BBS) would also feel BBS XTG and WTG.

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XBBS - Cross directional BBS

This is when your face feels BBS when rubbed across the direction you shaved. But, drawing on the number scheme above, that would have to be one notch higher than the direction you shaved (otherwise it's still DBBS).

For example, if you shave WTG and your face feels BBS XTG, you have XBBS. Or, if you shave XTG and your face feels BBS ATG, you have XBBS.

With a really great edge and really great shave technique, I can get XBBS.

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ABBS - Against BBS

I suppose that if you could shave WTG and feel BBS ATG, you would have ABBS. This is something I have never experienced. I guess this would really be the ultimate shave. Perhaps it is what we all aspire to with our obsession over the sharpest, smoothest edge and the closest shave.

So, if we label the set of all shaving smoothness's S, we have that DBBS \subset XBBS \subset ABBS \subset S?

I like it! You need a Venn diagram.

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

I like it! You need a Venn diagram.

Thank you for volunteering your services, James. Please post it to this thread, and also create and post a fitting wiki article. :-)

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

So, if we label the set of all shaving smoothness's S, we have that DBBS \subset XBBS \subset ABBS \subset S?

I like it! You need a Venn diagram.

James.

( straight shavers ( Jimbo ) smart arses )

I made a chart to help simplify this for everyone:

Originally Posted by HNSB

I made a chart to help simplify this for everyone:

There's one acronym you all missed - WTF?

As crazy as it may seem, I think ABBS may be possible. I recently shaved 2 WTG passes and got a really really close shave. I was almost ABBS in some areas (e.g. sideburns)

Is it really that poorly worded in my first post that it's confusing?

DBBS (Directional) - face feels BBS when rubbed in the direction you shaved
XBBS (Cross directional) - XTG feels BBS after shaving WTG OR ATG feels BBS after shaving XTG
ABBS (Against the direction) - ATG (and every other direction) feels BBS after shaving WTG