Thread: Collwgw kid

Render the nice-ish one safe, ie blunt for him to practice shaving lather if he's curious at the dorm. Bet he comes back for the real deal.
Giving him one with a real edge, or so so edge if he's just out to goof around wouldn't be a good idea.. At least IMO.
Ask him again if he's sure he doesn't want shave ready, then oblige either way.

I gave a shave ready strarter to a contractor at work the other week actually.
Been expressing interest in the art and the blades.
Was a Genco Easy cutter, I believe. Nice round nose starter model.

Good luck with the dilemma.

I would try to talk to him a bit more. No point in giving him anything nice if he's going to use it to open mail.

I think you need to have a conversation with the kid and find his true intentions. If for shaving then you can teach, if for looking cool, I'd pass. He can but one of those from Amazon, eBay, or a knife store.

I would recommend just giving him the dull razor and explaining that it is dull and will not give him a good shave. Give him your cell phone# and tell him that if he wants to learn to shave properly that you would mentor him. I'm 27 and I wish when I had started 4 years ago that someone had offered me what you have the chance to offer him. If he doesn't take you up on it, its on him.

I have a nephew in the university that I work at and he likes to wet shave. He is slowly learning the straight, but uses a DE in the dorm. I offered him a straight and strop, but he said that he didn't think it was a good idea to have a straight in the dorm room because someone would play with it and mess the blade up. (Yes he was worried more about the blade being hurt than someone hurting themselves )

I think he makes a valid point, a dorm room is a dangerous place for a straight razor to be at - or any sharp object for that matter.

Don't trust kids, he wants one because they look cool?
Sounds iffy... Sorry for the negative but realistic response

nothing like learning about SR shaving by getting kissed by the edge. Doesn't always happen in dramatic ways. Don't be afraid to let him learn, but don't be afraid to tell him to watch some of Lynns shaving videos first.