Thread: My Grandson's Shaving Gear

Gentlemen,

My young grandson, who happens to live next door with my daughter and her husband, frequently visits me in the morning in the shave den. For a while, he was constantly reaching for my silvertip brushes. Finally I decided to set him up with his own shaving gear.

Oh, young Henry is only 2 years old.

His older brother Max, 5, is way too busy with computers and reading to care about shaving at this time, but I have plans for him, too, when I feel he is ready.

In addition, each boy has his own set of double edge razors already: Gillette Aristocrat, Fatboy and Red Tip. They are stored in my shave den closet. Naturally, someday in the far distance, they will share my straights. Far distance, I said, since I'm not planning any journeys to that barbershop in the sky.

I might as well start them early. Gentlemen, have you traditional shaving plans for your children and grandchildren?

In the meantime, here is young Henry's shaving gear. The double edge is the Yuma (no blade, of course); the straight is an old antique butter knife; and the cartridge razor a toy; one brush is the Van der Hagen and the other a toy.