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Very few people achieve BBSHi all, I’m trying a few things in order to lesser skin irritation. Currently using a Rockwell 6S on plate 3, and I’ve been trying to achieve a good shave with only a single pass exclusively with the grain.
However I can’t get a close shave, not even close. There is so much ‘bristle’ and odd hairs left after a single pass that it winds me up and I’ll do a 3 pass include across and against anyway.
But saying that, with this Rockwell 6S on plate 3, even after a 3 pass I’m not BBS.
Is this likely to be too tame of a set up to achieve a passable shave with a single WTG pass?
Very few people achieve BBS
don’t look to much in to it
Just enjoy
personally i prefer Plate 4 but we’re all Different.
Personally I struggle to get a close shave with single WTG pass. I do have to use more aggressive razors to get borderline DFS in one pass (think ikon el jefe, MMOC, potentially blackbird too but more rarely happens with that one).Hi all, I’m trying a few things in order to lesser skin irritation. Currently using a Rockwell 6S on plate 3, and I’ve been trying to achieve a good shave with only a single pass exclusively with the grain.
However I can’t get a close shave, not even close. There is so much ‘bristle’ and odd hairs left after a single pass that it winds me up and I’ll do a 3 pass include across and against anyway.
But saying that, with this Rockwell 6S on plate 3, even after a 3 pass I’m not BBS.
Is this likely to be too tame of a set up to achieve a passable shave with a single WTG pass?
Personally I struggle to get a close shave with single WTG pass. I do have to use more aggressive razors to get borderline DFS in one pass (think ikon el jefe, MMOC, potentially blackbird too but more rarely happens with that one).
Rockwell 6s overall isn’t that aggressive of a razor so i believe your technique would have to be really really good to get to e.g DFS level.
As Mike says - not many people get BBS and definitely not every time either - don’t get hooked up on it - once technique gets better then you’ll get there occasionally. Also try to go for higher plates - they’re slight more efficient I believe (I used to use plate 4 and didn’t venture further - need to bring it out with next two plates soon).
I wouldn’t say that I’m not pleased with it - I think just my expectation is different. Not many people do one pass and done - and those that do seem to have shaved for ages and know their facial hair and what works for them really well.Im pleased that I’m not the only one that tries a WTG pass and is not pleased. I know the 6 isn’t an aggressive razor, I’ll have to try the other plates see how it lands. But so far on plate 3, think I’ve had better results with my 34C.
The only way I can even get close on one pass is with my Old Type & lots of skin pulling to tighten it.
I'd much rather have a nice, comfortable 3 pass shave with a Tech, DE89 or Merkur HD than hack away trying to get a BBS shave & getting irritation in the process.
I do wonder how many shavers appear to get "effortless BBS" all the time. They must have bum fluff for stubble.
Well it's not just that. Not all BBS's are equal.The main thing that caused me to write this post was watching YouTube shavers such as geofatboy and others seemingly just mowing off their facial hair with the wave of a magic wand, saying how smooth their skin is literally immediately after a single stroke with the razor.
But when I do the same, there is clearly visible stubble still there.
Well it's not just that. Not all BBS's are equal.
To me a true BBS is when you can firmly push your fingertips against the grain anywhere on your face and not feel any hint of stubble.
I can bet most of the alleged 'BBS' shaves you see do not meet that criteria.
I only have moderate stubble and I can get there, but only with a really aggressive razor, and to me cuts and/or slight irritation just isn't worth the hassle.
I agree with that statement, BBS to me also means you can run your fingers against the grain anywhere and not feel any stubble at all.
But to achieve that level of smoothness I don’t think it’s possible without 3 passes with touch up.
You can take some youtube shaving videos with a pinch of salt - some say the stuff you want to hear for their own gain = to sell products & attain more subscribers etcThe main thing that caused me to write this post was watching YouTube shavers such as geofatboy and others seemingly just mowing off their facial hair with the wave of a magic wand, saying how smooth their skin is literally immediately after a single stroke with the razor.
But when I do the same, there is clearly visible stubble still there.
The main thing that caused me to write this post was watching YouTube shavers such as geofatboy and others seemingly just mowing off their facial hair with the wave of a magic wand,...
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