Originally Posted by
LawsonStone
I'm talking about adult men, and good men, whom I know well, whose manhood and maturity are not in question.
What's the problem with having a few dry-runs before going to the sharpened edge?
I really see no connection between DE skills and straight skills. Totally different tools and techniques involved.
I'm still puzzled over your objection to taking a discarded, virtually worthless razor and spending a few minutes creating something that lets someone take a few minutes to practise.
When I teach shooting, we begin with "dry fire" practice and then "snap cap" practice so they learn physically the feel of the hammer, the trigger, the loading and unloading routine. Then when we go to live ammunition, they have the basic hand-eye stuff together and can concentrate on putting that 250 grain .45 Long Colt bullet right on the target.
What precisely do you find wrong with that? Why do you disapprove? Give me one logical, empirical reason why that would hinder a person from getting a good start in straight-shaving, at any age?
And don't hit me with the bogus "real man" type arguments.