05-18-2012, 09:39 PM
Is achieving a BBS shave important to you?
I've come across people in the traditional wet shaving community who don't care about getting a completely BBS shave -- people who make one or two passes and they're content even if their face isn't completely smooth.
Personally, I always aim for a BBS everywhere except my neck region. If I could get a completely BBS shave there without experiencing irritation, I'd always try to aim to get a BBS shave there. But I've found this to be impossible.
I've come across people in the traditional wet shaving community who don't care about getting a completely BBS shave -- people who make one or two passes and they're content even if their face isn't completely smooth.
Personally, I always aim for a BBS everywhere except my neck region. If I could get a completely BBS shave there without experiencing irritation, I'd always try to aim to get a BBS shave there. But I've found this to be impossible.
05-18-2012, 09:43 PM
(05-18-2012, 09:39 PM)Pnume Wrote: Is achieving a BBS shave important to you?
I've come across some people in the traditional wet shaving community who don't care about getting a completely BBS shave -- people who make one or two passes and they're content even if their face isn't completely smooth.
Personally, I always aim for a BBS everywhere except my neck region. If I could get a completely BBS shave there without experiencing irritation I'd always try to aim to get a BBS shave there, but I've found this to be impossible.
If I were younger and on the go it wouldn't matter to me at all. A simple good shave would be enough. Now, though, I am retired and have lots of time. I'm spending some of my time trying to get a BBS shave for the first time in my life. I'm just pampering myself and trying to see how good a shave I can get with lots of practice.
05-18-2012, 10:32 PM
For precisely the same reason that UncleDave gave...Retired.
I know my facial hair map and employ it to get what I want. The right razor and blade simply delivers it seemingly w/o effort because I know how my hair lies.
Did I mention that I enjoy it (BBS)? The wife does too. If it wasn't for her I might be a bearded savage and call it good. Or not. :-)
I know my facial hair map and employ it to get what I want. The right razor and blade simply delivers it seemingly w/o effort because I know how my hair lies.
Did I mention that I enjoy it (BBS)? The wife does too. If it wasn't for her I might be a bearded savage and call it good. Or not. :-)
05-19-2012, 03:40 AM
(05-19-2012, 02:40 AM)Johnny9 Wrote: I don't really set any type of shaving goals for myself, I simply shave and enjoy the results
I agree and alluded as such in the other BBS thread. See quote below:
(05-19-2012, 01:18 AM)ben74 Wrote: BBS is the goal, but enjoying the shave is the most important part of this game IMO!
05-19-2012, 03:47 AM
(05-19-2012, 03:41 AM)Bowlturner Wrote: I can get a BBS if I let my beard grow out two days. But I can't do that very often, as I need to, and want to, look clean shaven. So, I am very happy to get a DFS any day.
I'm not sure I've ever really achieved a BBS, but I regularly have a Damn Fine Shave (DFS)!
05-19-2012, 05:29 AM
(05-19-2012, 05:14 AM)GDCarrington Wrote: Yes. Everyday because I have to shave at 5 in the morning and usually do not arrive home until 6 to 7 in the evening so a BBS shave is mandatory to be able to support late afternoon meetings especially as a presenter.
Gee and I thought I worked long hours! Actually, I do - 16 hours (at work, not including travel) yesterday in fact! I'm happy so long as I arrive clean shaven, there's no way my shave will last until the end of my days!
05-19-2012, 06:28 AM
(05-19-2012, 05:29 AM)ben74 Wrote:(05-19-2012, 05:14 AM)GDCarrington Wrote: Yes. Everyday because I have to shave at 5 in the morning and usually do not arrive home until 6 to 7 in the evening so a BBS shave is mandatory to be able to support late afternoon meetings especially as a presenter.
Gee and I thought I worked long hours! Actually, I do - 16 hours (at work, not including travel) yesterday in fact! I'm happy so long as I arrive clean shaven, there's no way my shave will last until the end of my days!
Mine does not either, it is just a matter of not looking like having a thick layer salt and pepper sandpaper on my face. I used to do a shave in the morning and in the evening (at home) when I was a Trac II and canned goo only shaver in my mid twenties. The problem was that it caused my face to have microweepers and so I went to Trac II and canned goo in the morning and an electric in the evening. This went for on for years if I needed to have a cleaner shave.
Now almost twenty five years later I am more than happy that I changed to traditional shaving. The DE (or the injector when I choose it) can get in closer without wrecking my skin. So I can now get away with one shave per day as a normal routine. That is why it is a two to three pass BBS as my normal shave routine.
05-19-2012, 07:03 AM
Yes, a BBS shave is important to me. When I used the 5 blade cartridges, I would shave in the morning before work and have 5 o'clock shadow by 3 PM and if I went out at night I would have to shave again. With DE shaving I get BBS shave in 2 passes with my Webers and it lasts into the night.
05-19-2012, 07:16 AM
(05-19-2012, 03:41 AM)Bowlturner Wrote: I can get a BBS if I let my beard grow out two days. But I can't do that very often, as I need to, and want to, look clean shaven. So, I am very happy to get a DFS any day.
If I have a few day or even longer I can easily geta BBS. I think the hairs become easier to cut. Plus it's fun mowing those long things down.
A DFS is the type of shave that make me smack my face with A/S and say, "ahhhh. Now that's a mighty fine shave." The smell of Proraso A/S really helps open my eyes, the cool water rinse is pretty lively as well.
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