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

I started because of this forum, stropper sold me my first razor its been a moneypit ever since.

If you love extra cash don't start this path.

At age 40 i think i dont remember and i am only 42.


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36 for me.

Hello everyone.
I started using the straight razor in 31.
Sincerely,
Alexander

i started at 42......

i am currently 19 and have been using a straight for 3 months and DE's for over 6

Ok, you do realize that by posting your responses in here I have been able to piece together pretty much how old everyone is!!!!!

Not to insult anyone, but lots of us are OLD!!!! I didn't start str8 shaving until 53, but I made the first attempt at 22. That attempt didn't last tho. This try it has. I've also begun to enjoy the restoration path as well.

So, for a guy who will be 54 next month, not bad I say!!!

M

Earlier on this year, at age 26, my W.H. Morley & Sons met my face for the first time; I gave the bathroom floor a new coating in red. It was awesome.

Started last year at age 56...it's never too late to learn a new trick!

I started around the age of 17 / 18, ever since I started growing a beard I hated the feel of a non BBS face; I was looking into buying e DE razor when my dad told me "that's not a real razor, my granddad used a real razor". So I went to my grandparents place and ended up with 2 straight razors, a strop and a hone. Good times, been shaving pretty much daily with a straight for 5 years now. Great times, I could never use anything other than a straight and the occasional DE.

Originally Posted by mjhammer

Ok, you do realize that by posting your responses in here I have been able to piece together pretty much how old everyone is!!!!!

Not to insult anyone, but lots of us are OLD!!!! I didn't start str8 shaving until 53, but I made the first attempt at 22. That attempt didn't last tho. This try it has. I've also begun to enjoy the restoration path as well.

So, for a guy who will be 54 next month, not bad I say!!!

M

This will make you feel older ,but better in the sence that we (str8 shavers) are alive and well ,AND young-my oldest son has been using a straight since he was 17,and is now 21,the other is seventeen and has been using one for about six months,so were still going strong. Just pass on the knowlage.