Thread: Does Your Wife Like To Watch?

Originally Posted by Edwardd

One side effect of my wife watching is that my son wanted to know what was going on.He'll be 15 in November and now wants me to show him how to shave with a blade he won't have to throw out.So it will be my honor to teach him what I know and give him the link to this forum where I learned.So now when I look at new/more hardware it's not all for me,and his mother is all for it!

Wish i had a dad who could show me the ropes. My dad said i was crazy a couple months ago when i was home from school and mentioned i wanted to start straight shaving. BUT..i was home last weekend and had my setup to shave while i was home and he seemed interested..who knows, maybe itll be son teaching father

When my wife and I were living with her parents both my wife and her mother were scared of the sight of razor being applied to neck. The difference was that my wife didn't like to see any of it. But my mother in-law was waiting eagerly, at times even encouraging, a misshap.

She's so used to it that I can't tell if she likes it or not. She definitely likes the outcome, though.

Originally Posted by Pyrateknight

My last girlfriend hated to be around when I shaved. This was back in the Fusion days though. She said my beard sounding like sandpaper against wood when I shaved. She might like the near wedge and 1/4 ground though. I would love to see her cringe if she heard what the duck sounds like when I shave with it.

True. This morning's wedge that I just honed was so silent that I needed to look closer in the mirror to check if it was actually doing its thing. It was.

Originally Posted by MickR

I swear that woman is pushing for five minute shaves, and that just ain't right...Why should my pleasurable shave be relegated to the same restrictions as our love life I ask ya?! It just ain't going to be that way! I put my foot down here and now!


Mick

Five minutes? Some men have all the luck.

My wife occasionally watches to see what blade I'm using
And I got her to take my avatar pic for SRP

My wife supports my hobby and seems mildly interested when I'm shaving. She doesn't like being anywhere near me when I am stropping. It scares her.

On another note, I took my hones with me on a trip to see my brother-in-law. He had a Dovo and a couple of his fathers straights that I touched up. He had given up on keeping them sharp and had dropped back to a feather. I got all 3 blades in shape.

We also discovered his Dad's barber's hone. I showed him how to use the hone and how to do a HHT with his own hair. Now he is a happy camper.

Originally Posted by Crotalus

My wife supports my hobby and seems mildly interested when I'm shaving. She doesn't like being anywhere near me when I am stropping. It scares her.

On another note, I took my hones with me on a trip to see my brother-in-law. He had a Dovo and a couple of his fathers straights that I touched up. He had given up on keeping them sharp and had dropped back to a feather. I got all 3 blades in shape.

We also discovered his Dad's barber's hone. I showed him how to use the hone and how to do a HHT with his own hair. Now he is a happy camper.

That's pretty awesome. I have a old fraternity brother living about two hours away and needless to say we usually swap advise on straight shaves when we hang out. He wants me to touch up his blade so he can watch and learn. I invited him to the forum but he's not big into forums.

Back to the topic at hand. I did answer before but I thought I would follow up with I have gotten the gambit of reactions from women finding out I use a straight. From terror that I will end up killing myself to joking to extreme intrigue. In any sense they all like the result: That smooth shave that most have never felt in their lives.

The only thing my wife says about my shaving is that I am obsessed with straight razors. Other than that, she could care less.

My wife loves to watch! She watches the Kardashians, Say Yes to the Dress, Four Weddings, Toddlers and Tiaras, Hoarders. Wait a minute, I'm starting to feel ill.

I lock the bathroom door so no one watched...I am not into taking chances like that..bathroom is way to small. I practice a bit with a very dull razor and my nine year old watched in complete silence so that it's pretty cool.. Nice look on his face when I do. I think he will give it a shot when it comes time.