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I suspect we have had a few of these threads over the years, but at least for me, between my honing, lather building and shave stroke improvements I am now getting about 18 - 20 hours out of a BBS shave before it gives up the ghost. When I first started, it was like maybe 3 - 5 hours.
I am defining giving up the ghost as "I would no longer go into a job interview" (where it matters of course).
So how bout my bretheren? How long before your's gives it up?
15 hours so far today, still presentable.
I am also good for about 18 to 20.
18 hours, then ATG faceturbation reveals some stubble. 36 hours till I need a shave and 48 hours really needs a shave
With my heavy beard, I am lucky to get 15 hours out of a BBS before it starts looking patchy.
I'm a fair-haired northerner, I don't get a ghost easily, so for me it's the faceturbation test. Usually stay silky smooth for 12-15 hours, around 18-20 hours before I have much stubble at all, and if I've gone nuts with the touchups the previous day it may be that I can barely justify another shave in 24 hours.
My wife met an old friend once and was telling her friend I was shaving with straights. She had her friend touch my face, she was impressed and said something about how she wished her husband would straightshave. I did not tell her, but I had not shaved for almost 18 hours :)
I'd say I'm about 15-18 hours. I usually shave between 6 and 630 in the morning, and when I'm getting ready for bed I have a little stubble. Not enough to call a "shadow" but just enough that I may not want to head to a fancy place.
Exactly the same for me as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by coachschaller
If I shave in the morning, I can do a job interview that whole day with absolutely no worries or concerns.
When I shave at night, I would start to get enough of a shadow to notice around noon or a tad later.
So I guess somewhere between 15 to 18 hours on average.
18-20 hours.
Because my beard is now salt & pepper, it looks really bad if I don't shave every day. An all black stubble is sort of in vogue but salt and pepper just looks unkempt.
My beard is salt @ pepper as well, but the worst of it is that it is fast growing and stiff. Even with the "PERFECT" shave , I am only good for about 12 hours. Best, wildhog
Now me OTOH, can go 24 hours on a three pass shave; on a two pass shave only 15 hours at best. HOG
I'm a little embarrassed to say a couple of days, and I only do one pass WTG. When I'm on holidays I used to not shave for a week, and then I'd say proudly to my wife "Can you see how MANLY I look?", she generally couldn't actually tell, much to my disappointment. Used to be I never shaved on weekends; that was pre SR, now, post SR I shave everyday because I love it so much...
I shave at bedtime, when there's no need to hurry and then my skin doesn't have to go face my hot dirty workworld all recently irritated. A single pass gets me about 36 hours before I'm visibly stubbly, a full 3-pass touchup is good for 48. I seldom do more than a single pass, though, since like everyone else I enjoy the ritual.
48 hours after a single pass, though, nobody wants to sell me sudafed.
I also shave at bedtime and to be completely honest,on a three pass shave I can go 36-48 hours before I start looking grubby. With a DE its about 24,maybe less,but that's stubble and having a darker Italian type skin tone its just something you can feel not see. the straight definitely gives a longer lasting shave,and being devastatingly handsome helps also.......lol
First, what is the criteria we are talking about when asked "how long does your shave last"? Are we talking about how long it takes to feel stubble growing back? Or how long before it warrants shaving again?
After a buttery, smooth-as-glass shave I'd say I get no more than 12 hours before I can feel stubble, and that's really pushing it. At the 24 hour mark I could easily shave again. I'm not sure how you guys are getting these 30 hour shaves, and it's not like I'm Mediterranean-hairy or anything. I'd say I have average beard density, one that seems to grow quickly.
:( everything but my sideburns takes forever to grow in.
I just now have a 5 o'clock shadow and my last shave was Monday between 10:30 and 11:00 p.m. so 50 hours. I am easily presentable for two days, on day 3 I start to look a little stubbly. I normally don't shave Monday or Thursday
This is actually quite an interesting thread; I always thought I had a stupidly 'boyish' growth, but it seems quite a few guys have a slowish growth; either that of the site is frequented by 13 year old boys...
I can usually go about 7-8 hours before I feel a hint of stubble. During the week I shave around 5 am, and I can feel a bit of stubble by dinnertime or a little after. By suppertime I still have a few areas that are smooth.
I have just enough stubble the next morning to make it worth shaving again. If I didn't enjoy my morning shave, I could easily go every other day.
I shave at night, normally. Shaved at 8 last night and it's 6 am now. I can feel the stubble and it will be easily visible by the 12 hour mark.
BBS longevity is probably dependent on individual's beard growth rate, mine is 15-18 hours.
I think we are defining two different things.
1. How long before visibly you can go without shaving...which is dependant completely if I am at work or not.
2. The other is how long before BBS dissolves and can feel stubble. This is 12 hours max feeling ATG and maybe 18--22 hours WTG.
I am presentable for about 20. I begin to feel stubble at about 12-13.
Its 10:53 est here and I'm at the 13 hour mark,I can feel stubble,but nothing I would worry about at a business meeting,by tomorrow morning,who knows,but I saw somewhere that if you shave at night your hair grows slower,don't know but it seem like its true.As always YMMV.
Good 18hrs for me.
I would say the same..I get a better straight shave waiting 3 days