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Yes, glad it's all sorted out.

However, really, I'm not trying to be strict and intolerant. I enjoyed every minute of my early straight razor experiences which is why I recommend jumping right...

I'm not hitting you with a 'real man' argument. In one post you were talking about teaching a young boy to shave, then in another you were talking about adult males (presumably) learning by...

Hang on, are we talking about adults or boys learning to shave? If the latter I'd go the DE route first, and then in time, if the boy were showing interest, I'd introduce a sharp razor and help him...

I appreciate your post. You make your point clear and I'm sure many would benefit from such an approach.
Personally, I learned all by myself. Long before joining here. And I cut myself and I got...

But the argument is - a bread knife is not a razor, it will forgive your bad technique which is really only giving you a false sense of security.

An interesting question and one posed before. I don't think using a razor is really so difficult that we need a practice blade. After all, most of us had been shaving with some kind of edged razor...