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    Quote Originally Posted by ethermantis View Post
    wow, you guys are fast!
    It's not about being fast. Everyone shaves at their own pace. Everyone uses different razors, brushes, mugs and soaps/creams. Water is also a factor. My water is hard and therefore have to work harder at lathering. But that's my problem. Just too cheap to spend water softener

    If you're in a hurry when it comes to SR shaving you may as well stick to electric or DE or even disposeable so you don't nick yourself or worse. Some people have double edged razors where in some days they can't take sweet time and must fore-go the luxury of using their SR.

    It's an acquired skill that can't be mastered overnight. :beer:

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    I've gotten into breaking up the routine to allow the kids access to the bathrooms as they get ready for school.

    First, I pick out a razor and strop it. That's maybe 2 minutes. (If I know I'll be rushed the next morning, I might strop before going to bed.)

    I soak my brush (15 secs), then go make some coffee, take a shower. Then I lather (2 min, tops) and shave, which lasts at least 5 mins, but can go longer depending upon the time and how I feel.

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    Generally about 5 minutes. But then, I'm only shavng my neck now, as I've gown a beard. I'm curious to know how long it would take me now with more practice time under my belt, if I returned to a full shave.

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    From prep to aftershaveabout 15 minutes.
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    I am at 12-15 minute for all the prep and one WTG and one XTG pass. I clean-up with my DE, and that takes an addition 5 minutes. When I finally learn to hone a good edge, I will do all the passes with the SR. The honing and chin area are killing me.

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    15-20 min for me, including prep/post. If I'm really looking to spoil myself & do a "luxury shave", more like 30 min.

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    It depends on my mood, what I've got on that I need to do, how warm my bathroom happens to be that day. If everything is good, I can take up to an hour enjoying myself. However, my normal shave time, from getting out of the shower to packing up all my stuff and going back to my dorm room, is somewhere between 15 and 30 minutes.

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    If time is an issue. 2 passes, go to whoa, 6-8mins ... but preferably as long as possible.
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    It depends on what's going on. I've gone from shower through cleanup in 20 minutes when I was in a hurry before with a resulting DFS. I typically take longer (30-45 minutes from shower to cleanup) though because I really enjoy the process.


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    For a decent two pass (wtg,xtg) 10-15mins, for an all out shave probably 25mins. It depends on how much time I have.

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