With your best straight razor and best shaving materials, how many passes and in what direction(s) is enough for you to get that super close, smooth-as-a-babies-butt shave?
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With your best straight razor and best shaving materials, how many passes and in what direction(s) is enough for you to get that super close, smooth-as-a-babies-butt shave?
Two. WTG ATG bam smooth....
3 every day WTG XTG ATG.
I find that, with a well honed razor (thanks Maxi!) I'll be done and ready to go after 2 (1 WTG, 1 XTG).
Most times I'll do an additional XTG pass for my own enjoyment.
For a perfect BBS it's three passes, WTG/XTG/ATG
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One WTG, one XTG
Two passes, WTG and XTG. Then touch-ups if my old eyes are working well enough. ;)
Man all you guys who can do a XTG stroke really burn me....My mutant hair growth patterns make it so that it is impossible with a straight to complete an XTG...lucky
Like MWS, two passes does the trick. I add a third, but for many reasons: I get to keep the bathroom door closed longer-no kids, no wife - just me, a razor, grooming stuff, a libation (at times) and some music.:y
I do one WTG, one a combination of XTG and ATG because the whiskers don't cooperate and grow out in one direction. Sometimes, depending on the razor I can get by with one pass above the jawline but I always need two below. I find if I go three I get a bit of irritation.