Thread: What is it with shaving 3 day stubble

riooso, I have read many of your responses in threads. Are you someone that demands the best for him? In other words, is BBS what you are looking for?

If so, you are a lucky man being able to shave daily and get a BBS daily . Impossible for me.

I can get bbs everytime and shave twice a day. It just takes great effort to every bit of stubble gone. If I wait a couple of days it all comes off like rinsing lather.

Originally Posted by strtman

riooso, I have read many of your responses in threads. Are you someone that demands the best for him? In other words, is BBS what you are looking for?

If so, you are a lucky man being able to shave daily and get a BBS daily . Impossible for me.

Unfortunately I do have a "touch", a "touch" mind you, of OCD!


I demand the best that I can accomplish that works for me from honing and shaving to everyday life. Not perfect but eventually one just has to let it go.

BBS almost every day with some incredible tools that I have been very fortunate to acquire with the help and guidance of the guys on this forum.

Yes, I feel fortunate!



Take Care,
RioOso

The best way to look at it is that longer stubble provides more for the razor to "catch". You'll also find that less whiskers will be missed by the razor (meaning the razor gliding over short stubble), which will also result in an overly smoother shave.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

The best way to look at it is that longer stubble provides more for the razor to "catch". You'll also find that less whiskers will be missed by the razor (meaning the razor gliding over short stubble), which will also result in an overly smoother shave.

I think this is probably the proper explanation, with just a more small hunch -- it seems to me that a slightly longer beard takes up water a little more easily. Or, I could be all wet.

After 3 days, the whiskers seem softer, the blade a little sharper, the lather a little creamier, the music a little more dreamy, and I swear I look a little more handsome. After 3 days, I can't wait to shave.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

The best way to look at it is that longer stubble provides more for the razor to "catch". You'll also find that less whiskers will be missed by the razor (meaning the razor gliding over short stubble), which will also result in an overly smoother shave.

Good answer
makes sense.

Originally Posted by stimpy52

I think this is probably the proper explanation, with just a more small hunch -- it seems to me that a slightly longer beard takes up water a little more easily. Or, I could be all wet.

Frank I hadn't thought of this but it makes good sense. I will try longer wet soaks on short beard day and maybe they will just give up with less struggle.

I talked this over with Jeff (MVCrash) not too long ago. We discussed why a beard gets thicker and easier to shave after two or more days.

We pretty much agreed that after 24 hours you are only slicing off the wedge shaped tips of the hairs. It's easier to miss them or make a bad cut. After two days the hairs have grown out and you are cutting across the full width of the hairs. They are more stable, and meet the blade at a better angle which leads to a clean cut at skin level.

This made much sense to me.

Michael

I reckon that the lather gives some support to the hair as the blade sweeps through it. Longer whisker = more support? Like a piece of rope held by both ends is easier to cut than when held by just one end.

Originally Posted by mjsorkin

I talked this over with Jeff (MVCrash) not too long ago. We discussed why a beard gets thicker and easier to shave after two or more days.

We pretty much agreed that after 24 hours you are only slicing off the wedge shaped tips of the hairs. It's easier to miss them or make a bad cut. After two days the hairs have grown out and you are cutting across the full width of the hairs. They are more stable, and meet the blade at a better angle which leads to a clean cut at skin level.

This made much sense to me.

Michael

This is most likely exactly why two day and three day old shaves produce great results. My problem is that I need to shave after a day and a half if I want to look clean. I can't quite make it two days between shaves and still feel comfortable. If I shave on a Monday morning, then by Tuesday mid-day I'm feeling real scratchy and definitely showing the shadow. However, I do prefer to wait two full days to shave because the results are much better, three day old shaves and the results are tremendous. If I wait four or five days, I feel like a new man and look like one too.

With one day old shaves, I am prone to get irritation and overall discomfort, but feeling that baby's butt smooth face is almost like a drug addiction. I'll go through the "pain" to get the end result. If I do shave back to back days, I spend extra time on the strop to make sure I have a keen an edge as possible to minimize discomfort.