Thread: Straight Razor Shaver Ages.

Im 25. Been at this game for over 2 years.

I'm 44 and have been a member here since Feb this year so i guess thats how long i've been straight razor shaving.
Although, i will add, i only usually shave once a week so i dont get that much practice - any excuse will do for me

ian

21, senior in college.

Made the switch because I had been hearing that shaving didn't have to be a chore or something ordinary. I wasn't looking for a hobby so much as a better shave.

45 started with a straight to save a few $$ but it wasnt to be , its now cost me far more than I ever thought it would to feed my obsessive RAD I think I need help !

I'm 34, just started with DE and Straight this year.

Just started this week, enjoying it so far even in these early stages. Started cos a few of my friends were interested in it, and eventually someone in my uni got a straight and went on about how good it was.

I'm 48, and I can honestly say that I have never before said - I wish I were younger. I liked everything about the ages I was as I passed through them and never looked back.

However - I am jealous of the years you younger guys will be straight razor shaving over me. I really feel like I was duped into crappy shaving all of these years.

Here's to you guys in your 20's

I'm 27. After reading some of the posts I am surprised to see so many young people into straights. I have been using it for a while, I started in college. I think I started because I thought it was cooler than a disposable and I appreciated the skilled needed to use a straight. Plus chicks dig it, I remeber I would get a shave going when I knew a girl was coming by so I could empress her with my awesomeness .

Originally Posted by Giancarlo

I'm 27. After reading some of the posts I am surprised to see so many young people into straights. I have been using it for a while, I started in college. I think I started because I thought it was cooler than a disposable and I appreciated the skilled needed to use a straight. Plus chicks dig it, I remeber I would get a shave going when I knew a girl was coming by so I could empress her with my awesomeness .

- I am pretty sure thadt impressing girls is why men do anything. We are hard wired for it! Wars are faught for it and guys went up to the moon for it.

I just turned 45 about a week ago. Last Christmas, when I started, I posted the following on my other forum: South East Fly Fishing Forum

Well, Santa brought my 16-year old the perfect gift for his/mine (our) latest obsession of straight-razor shaving. I got him a Dovo Best Quality 5/8" hollow-ground round-point with a solingen blade, and a beautiful handmade Tony Miller Latigo/Linen strop to keep it keen (I know, this hobby has more confusing lingo than fly fishing!).

At any rate, we took turns using it today, him on his two chin-whiskers, and me on my coarse beard. And though it's obviously going to take some practice to get BBS (baby's butt smooth) shaves, there is something very satisfying in a zen sort of way about the old-fashioned manly art of opening the pores with the steam towel, creating lather from a soap puck in a bowl, dabbing it on with the boar brush, and scraping off the whiskers with such a scary-sharp edge.

I think I like it for the same reason so many of us take to the simple traditional pursuits such as backpacking, hunting, picking a banjo, gardening, homebrewing beer, and yes, fly-fishing: for myself, the older I get, the more I need to connect to the authentic, the organic, the visceral in this fast-paced, high-tech, everything right now, 24/7, in-your-face world. So it's nice to connect to a skill that is thousands of years old.

If anyone else is shopping for another expensive hobby, the equivalent to our forum is here: Straight Razor Place Forums - Powered by vBulletin

Merry Christmas-Aaron

Incidentally, our youngest member may be my 12-year old, who lasted maybe two weeks as DoubleEdgeFreak before moving on to other interests (though he still shaves with his Gilette SuperSpeed!).