Thread: Just Taught My Son How to Straight Razor Shave...

...So cool, one of those real 'father/son' moments. Aaron agreed it was WAY cool, and much better than shaving with a plastic shaver (well, he would, he's a bit of a hippie). He did very well. He said the experience was 'very intense'. He's now is the proud owner of my Emil Kronenberg 1/2 hollow 5/8. This is the razor I refurbished a little and honed, a very nice shaver; very 'forgiving' (smooth)... He said, "You know, you never actually taught me to shave [before] and now at 20 you're teaching me to shave with a STRAIGHT razor..."

Nice one Carl, I'm slowly teaching our boy to shave too (he's 14 and he really wants to use a straight, but I'm holding that off for a while more, he has got a NEW DE saftey razor for now and he's pretty good at it ).

Ha! So funny, my younger son (13 almost 14) now that he's seen his older brother shave with a straight wants one too (he wants the Eric Anton Berg). A few weeks ago I offered to show him how (though he has nothing to shave) and he wasn't interested. But NOW that his older brother has been taught, he wants to as well. I told him to wait a little. You know, YEARS ago, it would have been necessary to teach your sons to shave; it's not really needed with a Bic piece of plastic. Maybe some of us are re-inventing all this, and well done to us all I say!

that's nice, re your younger son! Our boy just turned 15 though, I forgot, boy does the time run fast

That sounds like a very cool moment Carl.....I've no kids yet, but when that happens, I think I'll want that moment as well.

Very, very cool!!!

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

... YEARS ago, it would have been necessary to teach your sons to shave; it's not really needed with a Bic piece of plastic. Maybe some of us are re-inventing all this, and well done to us all I say!

I taught both of my boys to shave when they were of age, with the plastic things. You're right, there wasn't much to have to teach. Wish I'd been into straights then. Congratulatioins, Carl.

Nice dreads! But seriously, it's great that he's experiencing straight shaving for the first time with his dad. I always wished my dad had taught me to shave.

Originally Posted by huntmol

Nice dreads! But seriously, it's great that he's experiencing straight shaving for the first time with his dad. I always wished my dad had taught me to shave.

Yeah, his dreads are his other hobby...