Drop the WTG=better shave
I've been staight shaving about a year now and been doing basically the same routine the entire time. Based on some posts here I thought I would drop from my usual 3 pass routine and try 2.
So I dropped the initial WTG pass and oddly enough the ease and smoothness of the first XTG pass was markedly improved and same with the ATG. The result was also noticably closer, smoother, with less redness.
I've done it 5 times now with a noticeable improvement in my shaves. I totally understand the reduction in redness but why would it be closer and smoother? At first I thought maybe I just mapped my face wrong and was actually going WTG when I thought I was going XTG but checked it again and I seem to have my directions correct.
Any ideas on why this is?