Thread: Just wondering how old everyone is?

I turned 58 last August! (Remember, it's not the age that counts, it's the mileage and unfortunately I have a lot of miles on me)! I started with my uncles 5/8 square point Genco Grant. My then 17 year old son took it up about a year + ago. We both love it! I have acquired several razors and have been using them in a weekly rotation. I'm currently using my Great Grandfather's restored W&B 6/8 near full wedge that Glen did for me! My son sticks to the 8/8 Friodur that I gave him last year for Christmas! He's tried many others but always prefers his Friodur!

Twice your age, for another day

I'm old enough to shave with a straight razor.

Sometimes I'm 18 and sometimes 80, but my drivers licence says I'm 33 in a month

53 and retired since last year, that's when I started with Straights because now I have the time to do so, always was a DE shaver however. Tried a straight at age 20 but little did I know about stropping or honing so it didn't work. I like it so much that I even have started to shave my head :-)

For the moment (they go fast) I am 55, but in my mind I am somewhere in my mid 20's. I have been playing with straights since about 1975, but I really didn't know what a finely honed razor felt like until Glen M fixed me up! I grew a beard when I went off to college and didn't have to shave for ROTC and used an old family W&B to trim my neck and cheeks. It was much better than my old DE.

I hated my first razor, a Gillette Slim Adjustable that my dad gave me, but I am sure now that it was those cheap blades and lack of good technique that I didn't like. Hated the multi bladed razors, didn't like injectors, but I always used my brush and soap no matter what I was using at the time. Straights give me a great comfortable shave with no irritation even on a little area that has always been sensitive.

Now I will use one of my DE's when I don't have time to devote the proper attention for a straight shave and I love some of the modern blades. My son who is 27 is stuck on a '30's era Gillette New with Feather blades, but I keep trying to get him to pick up one of my straights. At least he is loving the shave and not spending money on the carts.

Will N.

Gentlemen,

I am 27, have been for many decades, and am not budging.

Nice try stalkers.....

My daughter calls me old.
My MIL was shocked when I wore jeans for two days straight last time I visited them. She told me she's used to seeing me in slacks so jeans and a t-shirt took her by surprise. My SRD T-shirt is one of 4 t-shirts I own that isn't an undershirt. My wife makes fun of how my knees pop loud enough to be heard across the room every time I sit down or get up when it's cold out. She says she knows winter is on the way when she can hear me get out of bed in the morning.
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SWMBO says I turned 29 this year but most days I don't believe her.

36 I think

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