Originally Posted by
1OldGI
I have a 20 year old son. He has toyed with several of my DE razors but says they take too long. He says the straights are totally out of the question. He's pretty attached to the plastic crap and canned goo (a shower shaver)
My 5 year old grandson however is an entirely different. He totally digs DE shaving (no blade of course). I let him pick his soap, brush and razor and he has a blast. I made sure to give him a thorough briefing on straight razors when he asked about them one day. I told him that straights are really, really sharp and he shouldn't touch them. He then asked me if I could take the blade out of them, I said no, they don't have replaceable blades that you just sharpened it when it was dull. He has a Gem 1912 of his own and I promised him if he didn't touch my straight razors, I'd make sure he got a straight razor, and a strop of his own when he got old enough to shave "for real" and I'd even teach him to use it.
PS: For months he would only use Witch Hazel for an aftershave. For some reason he was convinced that any of the others would burn his face. I finally talked him into a healthy splash of Clubman AS one day. He was totally surprised that it didn't burn and how great it smelled. Of course he had to run around to all the women and show them how good he smelled. He's used Clubman every shave since.