I gave a Super Speed 56 to my father, put it in his cabinet with a pack blades... 6 months later it was still there Mehh : (
That time when you gave a vintage DE to someone and he never even touched it.
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My brother has suffered from razor burn on his neck for his entire cartridge shaving life. I handed him my 1964 Gillette Slim about 6 months ago and he hasn't bothered taking a blade to his face. Before I gave him that razor--along with several blades--he was already in posession of a nice badger brush and a tub of Santa Maria Novella shave cream. I hope he reads this and realizes what a swell guy I am and the deep pain he has made me silently endure 
That's why I think twice about giving my father one of my gillette's. He complains about how expensive multi cartridges are but I'm pretty sure if I gave him one of my razors it would just sit in a drawer.
Didn't he shave with a safety razor in his own youth? When did he start shaving?
My dad uses a Gillette Atra, and tells me he will keep shaving with it as long as there are cartridges available. He won't get back to a DE either.
He is 75, and claims that the Atra is much better than the DE's he used before.
I have a friend who was interested. He even bought a couple razors at an antique store (one early fat handled tech and one SE). They were disgusting so I spent 2-3 hours working on them and getting them cleaned them up and when I returned them, I gave him a VDH starter set, some blades, and a tube of Bigelow. He still hasn't used the stuff and it's been 6 months.
Gifted a nice EJ brush/Proraso/EJ DE pack to my father for Christmas, I'm pretty sure he hasn't touched any of it. He did seem intrigued by using a brush again but I suspect he just hasn't bothered to use it.
I have been into wet shaving a little over a month now and for the first time in my life actually look forward to shaving. This started me to thinking about putting together a starter kit for my 32 year old son's next birthday or maybe Father's Day. However, he is not required to shave daily (and doesn't) for his work so I don't know if he would enjoy it or not.
Some people will make the time to shave, others want it over with as soon as possible.
Someone who is used to spending 3-4 minutes with an electric razor is not going to put aside the 20-30 minutes it takes to wet shave, especially when they assume the results will be the same
Someone who is used to spending 3-4 minutes with an electric razor is not going to put aside the 20-30 minutes it takes to wet shave, especially when they assume the results will be the same
My grandfather (who passed away about 10 years ago) had to have used a DE or SE when he started shaving (he was born in 1923), but all I remember him using were those big, blocky Remington electrics. He was one of those Depression-era kids who never threw anything away, but I didn't find a single DE in any of his stuff. So, he must have ditched the blade as soon as those Remingtons hit the market.
My father (whos 62) says he remembers starting out with a DE (all that was available in the mid-60's, when he would have started), but he picked up the Trac II when it first came out, and then settled on the Atra for many years after.
My father (whos 62) says he remembers starting out with a DE (all that was available in the mid-60's, when he would have started), but he picked up the Trac II when it first came out, and then settled on the Atra for many years after.
I used to be the quick electric guy. I stepped into AoS once and I was intrigued. My fiancé took notice and went ahead to buy me the ocean kelp. I had rembered my uncle suggesting I try DE razors about a year ago. Even gave me a pretty decent fat boy. I never touched it until a couple months ago. Here I am...
We come around eventually. I'm glad I did.
We come around eventually. I'm glad I did.
You can lead a horse to water...
Putting aside the quality of the shave, both electrics and cartridges are easier and faster to use, requiring near zero skill compared to a DE. Also, while older peope may have used a DE before we don't know if they knew how to get the most out of it. Without skill you can easily get a mediocre shave. If that's the case then why not use something easier and quicker for the same result?
Scott
Putting aside the quality of the shave, both electrics and cartridges are easier and faster to use, requiring near zero skill compared to a DE. Also, while older peope may have used a DE before we don't know if they knew how to get the most out of it. Without skill you can easily get a mediocre shave. If that's the case then why not use something easier and quicker for the same result?
Scott
Gave my brother a razor one day shortly after i started using DEs and a few months later i found it in his van he hadnt even gotten it into his house!
We have to remember that all our dads had available to them was what they could get at the corner market or drugstore, and blades weren't all that great back then. Plus he probably used canned foam, I know my dad did. So the Atra may shave better for your dad than his DE did.
Clayton
My dad started using the Jagger I gave him a week ago, but I wouldn't be surprised if he stopped using it once the blades run out. I taught him how to make a lather and he took notice, as he used canned gel the first time and didn't enjoy it too much. No cuts on his face, but he's using Derby right now.
What I was going to say. Also, they didn't live in the age of the internet with information exchange forums such as Badger & Blade, so what they learned was from their fathers or through trial and error. We are in the Golden Age of DE shaving as we have so many options available to us as well as information available on any subject whenever we need it.
