Teaching the kid to shave

JCee said:

So my oldest is about to turn 15, and as the wife pointed out that he's starting to develop some facial hair. She has grown to accept my AD's, and is actually a DE convert herself. So as such, she wants me to teach him to shave properly.

The problem will be this. Unlike me, who has an appreciation for old ways of doing things, he does not. To him old=bad, period. So I want to introduce him to this in such a way as to not turn him off to it. I've already discussed it with him and he seems somewhat open so far. My thought was to teach him basic technique with a mach 3 and foam. Once that's been accomplished present him with the benefits of a brush and cream/soap/AS, and letting him decide from there on his own. We are also going to get him a nice razor brush and stand for his birthday.

Has anyone out there trained their teen to shave "properly"? I know my father never did, and I want my kids to able to benefit from my knowledge. If anyone has any pointers I'd appreciate it

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Vicious89x said:

Well I'm 27 so I remember being like that not SOOO long ago. I guess for me the best way to have approached me is a typical male angle. "Listen, girls like a smooth face on a guy, they like a clean cut man. Girls don't like bumpy faces and someone who shaves once every 4 days. This is the best way to do it, you'll be nice and smooth and ladies will like it."

Who knows, that's the best advice I can give.

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berukblue said:

I would agree with this if not for the fact that I would never listen to my father's advice when it comes to girls

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mdunn said:

dont even give him an m3 to start - just tell him its about time he learnt to shave and hand him a DE

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JCee said:

Here was my logic on that. When I started in the 70's, my dad pretty much just pointed at the super speed and foamy and said knock yourself out. I nicked myself up a few times, and then one day cut myself up BAD trying to get even sideburns. At that point, my buddy turned me on to carts and I used them for 30 years. So I'm thinking start him with something safe, then in a few weeks I'll give him a hand me down from the RAD closet, maybe my barberpole. I don't want him to get nicked up right out of the gate and decide that shaving with the dinosaurs sucks...

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Adeeb11 said:

funny that he likes NEW stuff. Im 16 and personally i liked the oldschool idea of it, but iv also been told im a bit strange so...but really the whole girls thing works really well, been shaving crapily since i was 14 and i hated it to where id grow a beard which girls do not like, the guy at the art of shaving told me about DE and i went online and found a good deal and the rest is history, smooth face with minimum irritation! btw my dad shaves with a cartridge xP

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spanx said:

I keep trying to get my boy to let me teach him how to shave with a straight."But it takes so long to do" he says."It only takes 15 minutes,now come out from under there you chicken ****".My strategy hasn't worked yet.

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JCee said:

Thank for the input gang. I'm going to start putting a kit together for him today, then we'll see how it goes. I picked up a like mint gold etched tech on the bay, and think I'll get him a gold beehive Omega brush to go with it. I just need to figure out a soap/cream that won't be to old man smelling for him (he's into all the Axe stuff, blech )

I failed to mention though, that I did fully convert my 6 year old. He is intrigued with my DE's and brushes, so the wife picked him up his own kit as well. He now shaves with me most mornings before school/work.

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