Shaved another person, 1st time.

[Liberty_2112]

So I've always wanted to be a barber, but life don't work out that way. As I've gotten into wet shaving, I've talked about it to friends and family.

So long story short, a buddy asked me to give him a shave as his finale to Movember.

Buddy arrived with full beard. 30 day growth. I took it down low with electric clippers. Then I soaked his face with a hot towel. I applied some preshave oil and repeated the towel soak. He wasn't comfortable with the straight razor, so I used a 50's Gillette super speed flair tip DE with a Derby blade. Lathered him up with Proraso shave soap. Kept the lather warm by submerging my lather mug in a second bowl filled with warm water.

I must say, my buddy got a great shave. I did three passes: WTG, XTG, XTG. I didn't want to irritate him, so I did not go against the grain.

I repeated the soak with hot towel and then immediately soaked with a freezing towel. Applied some aftershave and he was done.

It was nice to hear, "Wow, that was the best shave of my life."

I set him up with a razor and some blades and a soap sample. He is now hooked.


As a side note, I used to work as a nurses aide and have been trained to shave people. That was always with a disposable. This was a great experience.

 

[Liberty_2112]

As a side note, our wives and combined 5 kids were watching the whole experience. That definitely raised the pressure a bit!

 

[DICE]

That is awesome! But I have to say I would feel pretty awkward shaving my friends face

 

[Liberty_2112]

That is awesome! But I have to say I would feel pretty awkward shaving my friends face

Ok. So there was a level of awkward to the whole thing, but that was quickly replaced by the fun of the whole experience. Wives being in the room seemed to make it ok.....

 

[Toothpick]

I'm booking for Saturday @9am please.

Nice job! Sounds like it was a great experience for both of you

 

[Brew Swain]

Nice!

 

[smalltank]

video or it didnt happen....

 

[Rockminer]

Best shave of his life and you converted him to a DE? Sounds like a win, good job

 

[Liberty_2112]

No videos. Maybe next time. Here is a few stills, but none of actual razor to face. Uggh. Wives were too busy laughing and making jokes about our sexuality....

 

[Lion and the Fox]

Great to hear! No better way to introduce someone to wetshaving than by actually having them experience it.

 

[Liberty_2112]

The mustache was a bit of a joke. His way of ending Movember.

(No offense to anyone with a mustache)

 

[kmain]

This is awesome, guys these days are very homophobic and think getting anywhere "close" to a male friend could be construed as some sort of sexual thing.

I admire this... plus your giving him a service that barbers charge quiet a lot for...

 

[Liberty_2112]

This is awesome, guys these days are very homophobic and think getting anywhere "close" to a male friend could be construed as some sort of sexual thing.

I admire this... plus your giving him a service that barbers charge quiet a lot for...

I agree. There was obviously nothing sexual about it (concentrating too hard) and it was lots of fun.

This whole thing started because I was trying to talk him into wet shaving. I mentioned that an "upscale shave shop at the mall" offered shaves. He checked the prices, and a 40 minute drive and $35 wasn't too appealing. He said, "Why can't you just do it?". That's how it happened.

Fun experience and we will do it again. I cut the hair of a few friends (he is one of them) and I'll start offering the shave to anyone that wants it. No money exchanging hands, I just enjoy cutting hair.

Now my next goal is to shave someone with the straight razor. That will take some time....

 

[agibby5]

Wives were too busy laughing and making jokes about our sexuality....

I don't think having the same thing done at a barber is anything different and I don't think people make jokes about that.

 

[rebos]

That's awesome. What could be friendlier than a classy clean-up from someone you trust. Kudos on a fine job.

How was it shaving the neck? That's where I'd be worried, namely in the adam's apple region. I tend to think of neck shaving as
something "feel-oriented" in terms of how taut you want the skin to be, how many passes your neck can handle, etc. I have pretty
sensitive skin, so maybe that's just me.

 

[Seadooer]

Great to hear you enjoyed doing that. You should do it more often.

 

[Saxman11290]

I recently did this to a buddy of mine as well after I was showing him some of my razors. I must say, figuring out how to properly achieve blade angle of a DE against someone else's face is more challenging than it seems. You forget how natural it feels for you and reversing it is tricky. Sort of like dancing your partners footsteps in salsa or ballroom dancing. Glad to hear your buddy had a good shave.

 

[jesseix]

I used to work as a nurses aide and have been trained to shave people. That was always with a disposable. This was a great experience.

I've been interested in trying to shave someone else too; is it difficult to shave someone from 'up above' (i.e. standing above where there sitting and shaving below you)? It seems like it would be an easier transition to shave someone if you were standing in front of them, as the shave angles would be similar to shaving yourself... but shaving someone who's seated at a level below you seems like a more daunting/dangerous task!

 

[AlwaysLearning]

Great job! I personally wouldn't feel awkward if I had to give a friend a shave. You must have been really satisfied and happy after a job well done

 

[Liberty_2112]

I don't think having the same thing done at a barber is anything different and I don't think people make jokes about that.

Agibb5:

I guess you completely missed the point of the post which was to share a fun experience about a shave. There was no homophobic message intended. My sarcastic comment about wives making jokes was simply that, a joke based upon another posting saying that he would feel akward. Nothing more. If I offended you, I apologize.

The 'jokes from the wives' were of the variety of "Wow, both of you seem to be enjoying this so much you will probably end up moving in together and ditching us so that you can do this every day."

No hate here.