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

Originally Posted by Tinuz

Started 2 weeks ago, at 26...planning to get a new straight tommorrow, as well as a coticule hone, and some soaps. Yeah, RAD is setting in... As someone else at BnB said: "isn't it great saving all that money going away from expensive Mach 3s?"

Ah well, this is more of a hobby and a pleasure than is dragging a multibladed monstrosity across my face...

Heheheh. My wife has said, "I thought this was supposed to save us money."

Uh, well, uh, umm, I mean...it does...sort of. It will, eventually...I just need a couple more things to be...you know...self sufficient.

As someone else here on SRP said, it's cheaper than hookers and blow...Those would never be an issue for me...but it is cheaper than hot rods and the requisite tools and parts. So I at least have that going for me.

Originally Posted by BigJim

Heheheh. My wife has said, "I thought this was supposed to save us money."

Uh, well, uh, umm, I mean...it does...sort of. It will, eventually...I just need a couple more things to be...you know...self sufficient.

As someone else here on SRP said, it's cheaper than hookers and blow...Those would never be an issue for me...but it is cheaper than hot rods and the requisite tools and parts. So I at least have that going for me.

Well, you know, theoretically, you could find old crappy straights, restore them and sell them. A good restored razor goes for 40 bucks and up...so, you know, you could make some money. And then of course turn around and buy a really sweet custom that would cost at least 5 times as much.

Originally Posted by Tinuz

Well, you know, theoretically, you could find old crappy straights, restore them and sell them. A good restored razor goes for 40 bucks and up...so, you know, you could make some money. And then of course turn around and buy a really sweet custom that would cost at least 5 times as much.

Ever heard the phrase "Get thee behind me Satan!"? j/k Actually, I am planning to off load some safety razors I've picked up and fund my hone purchases that way. I have two razors I'm working on restoring for myself. We'll see how they turn out, but I already work two jobs; so I'm not planning on starting a razor restoration shop! BUT this is all OT.

I'm 28, I started when I was 17, but it was with the disposable straights like a Shavette. It's still a straight edge, ok! haha But two months ago I got tired of the pain I was going through on the bottom of my neck with the replacements I used that were (clears throat) Wilkinson Sword. I don't know I guess they were getting worse over the years, but that's all I was able to find in the local drug store. So I went online and as I searched for different replacements, BAM I run into this site! I was amazed to see that so many people use the REAL straights. Therefore, I'm a veteran at the straight shaving part but now learning how to maintain and restore a real straight. I used to look at it as if I wasted over 10 years without getting a real razor, but I now look at it as if I took advantage of those 10+ years learning HOW to shave with a straight

Well I started just over a year ago aged 40, but I'm hopeful that my son who's 11 in a couple of weeks will be interested enough to have a go when he needs to start shaving. After all its bound to be more bad-ass and impressive to the ladies than whatever the latest multi-blade Gillette is at that time.

However, the chances are it will be Lynx (Axe) rather than Tabac he drenches himself in after, its kind of a right of passage.

I started when I was 20, but gave it up soon thereafter. Now I'm 22, and in it for the long run this time. I'll be starting again later this week!

54. Believe it or not, I never used a DE until 54. DEs were disappearing when I started to shave and my dad was a confirmed electric razor shaver. I tried several times to follow in his footsteps but couldn't accept the results. So I tried all the new things, cartridges and disposables, one injector I can remember, which left me with a chapped face and close comfortable shaves only after I skipped a day.

The DEs are a snap, and straights, well, I've been struggling with them for about a year. I did learn how to hone my own razor, so I'll always have a tool ready for the next lesson.

62 & about a year after starting to shave with a DE razor

38, started just over a week ago...

My father shaved me with a straight when I was 15 and I started shaving myself with one at 16.