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Straight razor shaves: frequency and change ups

silverlifter

silverlifter

Hone, Sweet Hone...
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Fellow lovers of the bare blade, how often do you shave with a straight? Do you still use another type of razor as part of your routine, or do you change it up from time to time?

For me: I shave six days a week when I am working. Mon-Fri early in the morning before office work, and Saturday afternoon after I have finished working outside on the property. Over holidays, I'll shave every day, switching to all evening shaves as I prefer to shower after I have worked outside.

I mostly use a safety razor when travelling, as it is too much hassle to deal with a straight and airports. For the last year or so, it has been a Schick Injector, as it gives a lovely shave and doesn't require blade changes over longer trips. I'll also put it in to my rotation, or another DE, from time to time just to keep my hand in and remind myself how much better a straight shave really is.

How do you approach it?
 
What ever the mood strikes, it might be a straight or SE, maybe a Kamisori or for no thought kinda night DE
 
I truly love my injectors and enjoyed all of my single edge razors and wedges (which I still have.) However, I almost exclusively shave with my straights. Usually every other day and occasionally a little longer between shaves. I do shave with my injectors when traveling for all the same reasons of less hassle at the airports and no need for stropping.
 
I do not shave with a straight daily because no need. I have a coarse heavy beard but with 3 passes a straight completely eliminates any need for a shave 24 hours later.
I can easily go 48 hours or if necessary 72 hours before things get a bit rough. Even if I use my Rockwell 6S no need to shave daily. Probably 98% of my shaves these days are with a straight but occasionally do use the Rockewell 6S just to maintain the technique.
 
I shave twice a week or so and rarely use the same blade twice, unless I was unhappy with the edge and rehoned it.
Some times I'll revisit a blade a few months (or years) later if I'm in the mood for it.
I can get a closer shave BBS with DE or SE, because of the directions my beard grows, and for special occasions I'll shave with one of those.
I do greatly enjoy the process of straight shaving even if it's only DFS.
 
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