Corrupting the young.

Picked up number two son from university today....

Whilst talking about my new hobby, he mentioned that straight shaving was cool & he wanted to give it a go

Suspected he might... Like myself he has always been fascinated by knives & such.

Anyway, I showed him my collection & we picked out a couple for him. The bad news at that point was that SWMBO found out that I had acquired twice as many razors as she had thought.

Tomorrow morning I will do a shave demo & walk him through his first SR shave. It will be the partially sighted leading the blind

Congratulations!

Sounds good to me. All the best to you both! I'm sure you will do fine.

Nice post UKJim, thanks for sharing!

Cheers, Steve

Great stuff! My son has a Crown&Sword that I gave him.
I'm sure your son will never forget you taking him through a straight shave.
Magic

mjclark said:

Great stuff! My son has a Crown&Sword that I gave him.

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Coincidently one of the two razors I picked out for him is a Crown & Sword 6/8 hollow. The other is a C-MON 5/8 wedge.
We will see what he prefers....

UKJim said:

The bad news at that point was that SWMBO found out that I had acquired twice as many razors as she had thought.

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Awesome. I think many of us are in the same boat with the wife. I have 4 straights. Wife only knows about one...and I plan to keep it that way for as long as possible.

DimeBlade said:

Awesome. I think many of us are in the same boat with the wife. I have 4 straights. Wife only knows about one...and I plan to keep it that way for as long as possible.

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I just stepped into the world of the straight razor (been wetshaving just over a year with a DE) this past week. SWMBO walked into the bathroom this morning and asked, "Why is there a piece of leather hanging from the towel rack?"

Kinda hard to hide the first one

I disagree with the title, I think it should be "UN-Corrupting the young"!

I have 3 girls. The oldest is tempted to try one on her legs.
I am working on getting something cute for her. I found a nice 4/8 in Palissander that I need to hone.

Well... The boy done well!

Full WTG pass with the Crown & Sword, nicked his right earlobe so not blood free. A couple of little patches left but only minor.

If it's a square point, make sure the point is muted (45-degree clip that's only as wide as the bevel). I occasionally do the same thing if I'm shaving with an un-muted point after shaving with round points or muted points. Done properly, it's difficult to see and makes a difference.

Cheers, Steve

UKJim said:

Well... The boy done well!

Full WTG pass with the Crown & Sword, nicked his right earlobe so not blood free. A couple of little patches left but only minor.

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Good to hear! Good for him to hear, too ;-)

Good stuff there. Congrats to you both.

Nothing like shaving with your son!
Congrats on bot accounts!

Sweet! My father passed when I was six but I later acquired his brothers straights and had them restored and made shave ready from a generous member here. I can't wait to one day give him to a son I hope to have one day. Getting married in August and my fiancé wants me to get a straight when in Italy on our honeymoon. So maybe he'll get that one too haha. You seem like a cool dad!

UKJim said:

SWMBO found out that I had acquired twice as many razors as she had thought.

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Remember all of those times around 20 years ago when she said "But I'm eating for two!" ?

Tell her that you've been "buying for two"

cb91710 said:

Remember all of those times around 20 years ago when she said "But I'm eating for two!" ?

Tell her that you've been "buying for two"

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To be in the presence of such brilliance is an honor good sir.