Thread: A guy's guide to sharing shaving!

Years and years ago when I first walked away from the Mach Whatever and quit buying replacement cartridges, SWMBO was using cheap plastic disposables for a while. As you might expect, lots of ingrowns and not a very comfortable shave. It didn't take her long to appropriate one of my DE razors.

The first big hurdle was to convince her that she couldn't shave in the shower, leave the razor sitting in a pool of water and expect it to perform well the next time she picked it up. The next hurdle (one we still sometimes struggle with) you can, and probably should, change the blade if it tugs or isn't comfortable. And no, you can't use one blade for six months worth of shaving. Her current go-to is my Merkur Slant. I haven't converted her into a full blown shave freak. She'll have nothing to do with a straight.

I'm thinking I like that. I've shared (or outright given) her everything else that I own. I don't think it's out of line to want at least one thing of my own. If that turns out to be a straight razor then that's OK.