Thread: Young shaver!

Not sure if this counts, but it made my day!

While experimenting with keeping lather warm, my 7 year old son came in and agreed to test it out... which led to full face lather.

Asked if he'd like to have a 'shave', he agreed, here's the details:

$2 Mennen shave stick (- didn't want to use good stuff on my practice lathers)
$2 Supermarket brush
2 bowls inside eachother to keep lather warm
Blunt butter knife 'razor'
7 & 1/2 year old son - the 'young shaver'

He worked through his first passes alright, re-lathered and went for 2nd pass 'WTG' and and a bit of 'ATG'.

He wants to join me for another shave in the morning and has set out his butter knife in the bathroom next to my razor!!

(I see a future straight shaver!!! Now for my 3 year old... actually, I better wait till he can tell the difference between blunt and sharp).

That's great. My Father died when I was young but I had a Grandpa who I use to shave with. At that time he was using DE's so he just took the blade out of one of his and made it mine. I remember those times and they are some of the best memories I have of then. Yes he may well be a future str8 shaver but the quality time now will last a lifetime.

one of the reasons im excited to hopefully have kids someday, that is awesome. Your a lucky guy.

Drats, my pop never did that. My son will get to do that with me when he is old enough.

This is the best post I've read all day! Cheers!

It doesn't get any better than that, unless you are fishing! Just a note of caution from the pediatrician side of me, make sure you keep your straight razors safely put away. Enjoy the time, but be safe.

Lewis