Thread: Finally found a use for a Zeepk kit!

Doc, Nickelking and I were were BSing in the chat last night and I was regaling them with tales of woe concerning the Zeepk kit my poor unsuspecting wife purchased for me for Christmas. After the compulsory jokes about letter opening and what not, Doc came up with what I thought was a brilliant idea. He suggested that I grind off the edge of the razor and give the kit to the kids as a kind of "Daddy's Little Shaver" thing... Well I did just that and the oldest of my sons and I just spent a FANTASTIC half hour together in the bathroom. I even took some (poorly executed) pictures of the fun.

Bruce works the strop.


He built his first lather... not bad considering the water softener is out of salt.


Lathering up a hairless face is harder than it looks


And so goes the "shaving"...


Now if I can just get him to clean under his fingernails and keep them trimmed we are set! Bruce is eleven... is brothers Lars (10) and Leif (6) had a good "first shave" too. Anyhow... if you are a reluctant member of the sad fraternity of Zeepk owners, here is an option for you other than tossing it in the trash.

That is really cool! I am glad it worked out so well! Hurray to the next generation!!!!

That is really great!!! And hey, if you teach him how to handle the razor now, by the time he has some whiskers he will be great at it.

That's awesome. I have a picture of my three
year old son on my cell phone applying lather with
my brush. Of coure he put it all over his face,
but hey, he's learning.

John

That looks like it was a lot of fun. What a great Dad !

Cheers
M.

Gotta say, that looks like great fun. I'm sure you're teaching him the proper stopping technique, but that angle on the shave looks rather steep!

I had the same idea myself (my daughter is almost 3 ys old and she shaves with a plastic spoon).
The reason I didn't was that I want her to know that ALL razors are dangerous.
I am not going to confuse her with a 'safe' razor.

Be sure your son understands this as well, because that zeepk will be very fogiving wrt pressure and angle.
So when he starts shaving for real (don't know when that would be) he might have picked up a couple of bad habits already.

But I really think it is a great idea, and I think it is great that you teach your son to shave like a man.

It was great fun... yes the angles are all wrong but today was all introduction so we can work out the fine points later. Bruno, I totally understand where you are coming from on the confusion with "safe" and regular razors. With a house full of five kids safety is always a concern. Before I neutered it, the razor was locked in my gunsafe with all the firearms where all my razors will be kept (as much for the razors protection as for the kids). On that same note, I firmly believe that the best way to keep kids safe around things like farm equipment, firearms, tools and razors is to teach them to respect them, not fear them, and to eliminate the mystery surrounding them as that is usually the draw of the mystery that puts children in perilous situations with dangerous items.

The Zeepk is roughly the same sharpness as a butter knife so poor technique is, at this point, not too dangerous. If my sons strike me as responsible enough to be safe and take good care of their equipment then I will certainly train them in the proper use and care of a straight and they can start shaving with one as soon as they think they are ready. (No straights for idiot teenagers seems like a pretty good rule). Good thing I have about four years before the first one hits shaving age so I have some time to work on my own technique or it would be the blind leading the blind. There is also Lynn's DVD which I am sure will come in useful when we hit that stage.

Cheers,

Justin

Very Cool!

Although it kinda freaked me out at first cuz I looked at the pictures without reading the post. Whew!!

I would like to teach my daughter to shave her legs with a straight when she gets of age (She's only 7 months!).

That's freakin' awesome.

And I totally agree you on how to keep kids safe around dangerous things like firearms and knives/blades. Teach them to not fear it.