Thread: what age did you start shaving with a straight?

26 here, I dont know how but I think it would be neat to put a poll on this thread for easier tallying. 16-20/20-30/30-40/40-50/50+

Started a few months ago at 33 years old I started with my dads DE at 16 .

I suppose I'm a late bloomer because I am 55 and just recently started using a straight. I've been wet shaving for years and years, but with a DE razor for about a year and a half. I have 5 DE razors, 3 brushes and quite a few A/S's. I currently have a GD str8 and a shavette. Now that I have the GD, the shavette will gather dust until I have to send out the GD for honing.

I started with a Geo Korn razor at 16- 17 years old. My only razor for ~20 years. Still part of my rotation after 33 years!
Ed
quicknicker

I was around 20 (a long time ago). I was in the Marines, and one of the other guys used a straight razor, and showed me how to use one. I have been stuck on them ever since (over 30 years).

Just started and just recently turned 32. 8 or 9 months of DE shaving prior got me started into the world of wet shaving.

I started traditional straights just a little over a year ago I was 47. DE and SE a couple years before that. Sadly, back in the mandatory shave days I was completely clueless that this could ever be this much fun and I hated the entire process and missed shaves whenever I thought I could get away with it. Not a day passes that I don't wish I had straight shaved the whole time.

My panama is off to all the 20 somethings and especially the kids younger than that who have learned to dig shaving as young as they are. Unfortunately, my boy (almost 21) still clings to his electric razor and recoils in horror at the idea of even a DE safety razor (let alone a straight). My grandson on the other hand is all about it! He's only 6 and I let him shave with bladeless SE and DE razors when he's here for the weekend. He'll often watch me shave with a straight and always says to me "Grandpa, I know I'm not supposed to touch your straight razors now but you're gonna teach me how when I get old enough, right?" I smile and say, "Yeah I promise, we'll do that as soon as you're old enough." It makes me smile when I think of him as an adult finishing up a shave with one of my old razors, slapping on some Clubman and thinking of me every time he does so. If straight shaving, the manners of a Southern gentleman and the pride and backbone to always make it on his own are the only legacies I leave him, I'll be a happy man.

Originally Posted by crazyengineer

I will be starting shaving with a straight within 2 months at 18 yrs old
what about everyone else

18 x 3 = 54

You're on the right track. I used the cartridges, disposables, etc., along with an electric razor and have a tale of woe to describe it.

DEs and straights give you quality shaves and leave you energized and ready to head out the door each morning.

At the young age of 43... better late than never

Started when I was 13 or 14. I have never actually owned any disposable type razor, and am very glad when I see that you have to pay $25 for a set of cartridges. I'm also 27.