First shave for future son-in-law

[Silver2]

Here is one to inspire you young new straight shavers.

Last night my daughter and her fiance Eddie came over and he cooked dinner for us. After dinner I ask if he wanted to try out my new boker king cutter straight razor?
He was a little fearful of cutting himself. I told him he woud feel the blade start to cut before he was in trouble.

He has a healthy respect for anything I sharpen after trying to de-seed an avacodo with a cheap knife that I had just reground the edge and honed up. Had the knife go straight through the seed and into his hand.

Ok back to the shave, I took him through the prep which helped relax him.
I explained and showed him the passes and razor angle to use and how to keep his skin tight.
I did a wtg pass on half the left side to help put him at ease.
He took over and finished the wtg pass then latherd up with more confidence this time around since he had no blood anywhere and I told him he was doing great. Which he was! He did the atg pass with a little trouble around the chin and mouth and finished up with the closest shave of his life.

I instructed him on the post shave by having him wash his face off and put some lemon witch hazel I had made all over his face. He loved that lemon smell. Then let his face rest and put a little club man on and a balm, he was set to go.

The result was a first time straight shave that was 2 pass BBS one little tiny weeper some razor burn because he kept wanting to get heavy handed with the blade.

My daughter came over and rubbed on his face and said wow.

Part of Eddie's great results come from the fact that he was a chef for 3 years so he was always handling a knife.

The razor he used was super sharp with a highly polished edge that is very smooth on the face.

Eddie is 24 years old he has a very heavy beard for a young man.

I can see him getting a straight razor in the near future after trying one out.

Hope this will inspire some of you young people.

Best wishes,

Silver2