Thread: Are young people into straight razor shaving?

Hello there everyone, I was wondering if straight razor shaving infected any other young guys like me (I'm 21).
I wanted to start shaving with a straight razor since I was 18. I'm asking this because generally I see in the
posts guys saying they have kids, that they got a straight razor for their 50th birthday. I have been shaving since I
was 16 and it had been a terrible experience until I got my first Dovo. I nicked myself a lot with cartrige disposable
razors and it used to ruin my face.

I mean, wet shaving should be a lot more out there so youger generations could enjoy their shaves instead of getting
red face and irritation due the use of cartrige razors.

So what do you guys think?

I do believe there may be some people on this site younger than you. I started with a straight when i was about 25 (32 now).

Bill,

I agree 100% that we should get the word out there. I think, generally speaking (at least it was true for me at 21), the hobby is a little cost-prohibitive for the 18-22 crowd and is something you need a lot of patience for. Something I didn't learn until after college.

I was 24 when I picked up my first straight, and I was so impatient and inexperienced that I butchered my face severely before finally slowing down, joining this fine group of gentlemen, and learning how to enjoy the hobby. I don't have kids, but my oldest nephew will be 13 this year, and I will be living close to him again by the time he starts really needing to learn to shave. He will most certainly have a full wet-shaving kit and the knowledge to use it by the time he graduates high school.

If they learned straights at a young age it would be much easier as shaving was easy for me until my late 20s when the whiskers start getting stiffer.Im 48 and I didnt start til I was 37, couldnt get 2 shaves out of a cart. Bought a shavwtte fromy barber and some blades havemt looked back. Used shavettenfprn7, de for 1 and straights only for a little over a year. As far as cost goes, its alot cheaper than an I phone or tablet. You can get in for 100 if you get a vintage whipped dog or classifed here. Barbers hone pasted strop and leather strop.

I started at 30. Is that still young?

I'm 35, so while I think I'm young you might not agree. And compared to some of the ...erm...more venerable gentlemen here, I am. LOL

But I agree, wet shaving does need to get more "out there" to the younger set. It frustrates me to see some teen or twenty-something complaining about irritation...as he buys the latest "MOAR BLADEZ!!!1!1!!!" offering. My local mall has an AoS shop that seems to get some of the younger folk in now and then so maybe that's a start.

Yeah. I am. I'm only 51.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Yeah. I am. I'm only 51.

I think you made a typo and meant 15.

Originally Posted by Laurens

I think you made a typo and meant 15.

No no. 51. You see I'm tackling the ageist, label thing. I'm very much in to dispensing with badges and labels and profiles lately. I've been reading a philosophy magazine with the topic of 'freedom'. I've been thinking dangerously...I've been wanting to tackle everything and have it all undone, unraveled and on the floor and in a mess in the dim light, to be looked at closely, and to be put back together in an interesting, new way...

[EDIT], plus I'm drinking Qettinger pilsener and listening to Tool...which enables one...

At 54 I have been shaving about a year now with a straight. My son got me started, he is 24. Hmm old dog new tricks. Yes I listen to metal bands also, but work better with dubstep in background. Hmm.. Feel the same as when I was 30.
I feel there is a gradual movement with younger men to look into alternative razors. DE's are making a slow come back for the younger guys. I think the robust prices for the newer razor blades has helped the movement!!
I have interested several of the younger men I work with into DE shaving. Now many are buying knots making handles and starting to purchase straights for future restoration and shaving!!
The interest is there just somewhat obscure I think!!

Ray