Thread: My Latest Conversion Project

So there's a guy at work who early last week was singing the praises of the new head razor he had purchased (the one with finger loops and wheels off a Hot-Wheels car attached to a plastic 3+ blade cartridge) of course he had not yet test drove it. Naturally I wasn't all that impressed, I've heard mixed reviews on these things but I have razors for my dome and razors for my face (none of which involve plastic cartridges) but hey, to each his own.

The next morning he comes in with absolutely the worst shaving cut I have ever seen at about the six o'clock position of his spud. There is a vertical cut about 2" long and I kid you not about 1/4" wide. Needless to say, his effusive praises of the head blade came to a screaming halt. He then asked how I shave my head. He knows I use a straight on my face and thinks I'm a damn lunatic. I told him that I have a rotation of vintage DE and SE safety razors that are used on my dome. He asks if blades are still available for double edge safety razors and I tell him yes, I get my blades at Walmart and several local grocery stores stock Personna DE blades for very reasonable prices (much cheaper than the plastic Chinese crap.) I tell him that I'll PIF him a Fat Handle Tech (a great shaver and mild enough to be a good starter razor). I'll bring it in tomorrow (Wednesday) and if he likes it he can keep it but if for whatever reason he doesn't want to shave with it anymore I'd appreciate if he gave it back. Well Wednesday and Thursday by digestive system exploded so when I returned to work on Friday I brought in the razor and left it on his desk. Naturally a bit later he came to my desk and asked me how to load and operate it (it's a 1938 three piece). I patiently demonstrate the procedure and give him Safety Razor 101. Then suddenly he gets cold feet and says , "No Dude, I'll cut the tar out of myself with that thing." So I let him stew for a while then after lunch I take the razor back to him and say, "Hey man, how much worse could you actually cut yourself? The back of your head looks like you tried to shave with an axe. Besides, my wife shaves her armpits with one of these and she's still alive. Tell ya what, take the weekend and play with it and if you're not digging it by Monday then you can give it back." I can't wait til tomorrow to see how it went.

Oh my, I wonder what Monday will bring.
Do you think you have a convert, or was the weekends experiment of such a character that he went the Fusion way?
I'm betting this would have been a bit too much for him to handle.
I hope I'm wrong

Anyway, kudos to you for making the effort, and for trying to save a poor chap from molesting himself further

I think it's neat you're sharing the hobby with him. You're overdue for an update, though .