Thread: Time?

How many shaves do you do?

Personally I just do a WTG pass and don't worry about the others.
And my shave takes about 15 mins (Dovo shavette, so no honing or stropping)

But if I was to do and XTG and ATG it would take a lot more than 3 times as long. If you add a "real" blade Iam sure I would hit an hour!!

From the second I put brush to soap to the just after I've cleaned up and put aftershave on, it takes me 25-30 minutes. I almost wish it took longer. It's the most enjoyable and relaxing time of my day, the part I most look forward to. I definitely don't rush it!

FWIW, when I first started traditional wetshaving with a DE, it was taking me roughly 45-50 minutes. As I set into my routine and got better and more efficient at making lather, cleaning up, knowing the grain of my face and the passes I needed, etc, etc, it came down to about 25 minutes even with the DE. The straight doesn't take me much longer, save for stropping, which is a minute or less.

When I first started I was so slow and inept that I had to rinse and re-lather one side of my face because by the time I got to the other side the lather had dried up. That was on the first few times doing my whole face. Once I got fairly coordinated it began to take 20 to 25 minutes. Now I can do my regular 2 passes in around 15 without rushing at all.

You sound like you're doing fine. For the first three or four weeks I'd set aside a couple of hours and be amazed if I came in under one and a half of them. Around three to six months in it had, as with X-Man, almost imperceptibly moved down to an average of half an hour or so. Now more than a year in, fifteen-twenty minutes. As has already been said, it's the ride that counts.

I look forward to a 45 minute shave.

I have only been using a straight razor for a week and am still mapping my face.

As Glen told me when he got me going - Enjoy yourself and don't hurry.

I think that this amount of time is not bad at all. I like to take that long. I can usually do it in 20 minutes if needed, but I like to take my time. Better shave and gives me my "me" time for the day.