Working towards converting my father...
More than three decades a go, I used to watch my father shave with his safety razor and water (sometimes he would use some regular soap). Then one day he stopped and switched to disposable razors. I was a bit surprised to see him make the switch.
Knowing how much he loved his safety razor, I bought an Edwin Jagger DE89 to give to him as Christmas gift. But after seeing him shaving with can foam, I decided to give him the DE89 well in advance. After all, might as well let him enjoy it now. So, this past weekend, I gave him an Arko stick, 5 packs of Astra (green) blades, an Omega boar brush, and a DE89 razor. What I found funny was that it was the son who showed the father how to wet shave :-)
I called him later to see how things went. He was very happy with the save and the razor. However, I was a bit disappointed to learn that he still used the shaving foam from the can. I have to work a bit harder to get him to ditch the canned foam.