For me, I'm following what I did as a kid. I remember being fascinated by watching my dad using a DE/straight as well as my uncle who was a lot more fanatical about shaving with a straight! Today I have a 9 year only boy and we both wet shave on the weekends (son with any blades!!) or weekdays when the stress of getting out of the house remits. He has his own butterfly DE, his prized possession the shavette, his own lather bowl, a strop (an old leather belt of mine) and a couple of brushes. Let me tell you that he can whip up one hell of a lather at 9 years old. I have an old Sheffield razor with the edge taken off for his 10th birthday..