Thread: Any one remember their first shave?

Started with Dad's Gilette DE. No dramas IIRC till much later when I bought a straight.

Started with my dad's Gillette DE when I was 13, then dad went to the injector blades and to an electric.

We parted shaving preferences as I couldn't stand using an electric!

I've always hated shaving until about 3-4 years ago when I had my Uncle's Genco Grant Pro honed and started down a whole new world of shaving with a straight!

Goo in a can with a Wilkinson Sword cartridge razor, cant remember the model but it had wires in front of the blades to stop you cutting yourself.

15 years and various cartridge razors later i finally saw the light and bought some straights.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Started with my dad's Gillette DE when I was 13, then dad went to the injector blades and to an electric. ...

Now that You talk about it.... My father always used to shave electric. Thinking about it, I never even tried electric (except trimmers).
Started with a DE in a red, jewelry like, box that was a leftover from my grandfather. Still have it.
Then switched to a metal Gillette two blade (still have that too).
Then got affected by straight razors and learned to love them (still have them all)

My father gave me his old Sunbeam Shavemaster Electric razor and I used that until I bought myself a Norelco. I used electrics for many, many years. Actually the Sunbeam was really an electric DE. All it was for all it's size and weight was a single edge razor blade held in a housing and it vibrated.

Sure do....probably 9 years old (clearly nothing to shave yet!), Gillette foamy and a disposable safety razor....I forgot to take the cap off the razor!

Yep and there is a picture http://straightrazorpalace.com/membe...rst-shave.html

I don't remember my first shave but I do remember that I didn't need to shave until my late teens. I just kept stealing disposables from other members of the family. I tried my Dad's electric once and hated it. Ingrown hairs and bumps everywhere. Until about a year and a half ago I just used a disposable with hot water. Rarely did I use shaving cream.

Then I discovered this place and boy has my life changed!

This is a long time ago, kinda like 1964. Nothing that could be called a beard. A DE, but I don't remember the brand. And canned foam, probably Foamy. This is the first time in all these 45 or so years I try to remember. Probably the blades were Shick, tht's what my dad used.

I was 14 and my mustache at the time was 7 hairs and a pimple but the chin was starting to fill in. The ol' man gave me his Gillette Adjustable with a can o goo and I had at it. I remember my face burning like crazy, but I was too proud to say anything. My Dad got a pretty big kick out of it and I remember him telling me to hold off as much as I could because the more I shaved, the thicker my beard would get. Say it ain't so. In any case I ended up with a beard that grows from the bottom of my eyes to the bottom of my neck line in any case. Great memory. Actually, it was my Dad's Dad who got me hooked on straight razors a few years later.

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