What did your father teach you about wet-shaving?

[Rusty Blade]

I have often wondered what fathers teach their sons about wet-shaving. I dont remember my father teaching me how to shave. He was a good Dad, but too busy for that kind of thing. I learned on my own. Trial and error.

I do, however, remember teaching both my boys the joy of wet shaving and now they are skilled in the art and they have an appreciation for a fine soap, a well crafted razor and take pride in giving themselves a clean shave.

What did your father teach you about wet-shaving? What have you taught your sons?

 

[StewB]

My dad gave me an electric razor (a Remington micro-screen). There's not really much learning curve and that's what I used for a long time. I gave my son a Van Der Hagen short handle TTO when he finished USMC basic training. Unfortunately it was confiscated by the TSA when he flew back home for a visit because he forgot it was in his bag. I showed him the basics (use a light touch).

 

[kirbyg]

Funny enough i'm actually teaching my dad about wet shaving at the moment.

 

[Tathlum]

For as long as I can remember my dad has had a beard. So there was never any shaving advice.

 

[DesertIguana]

My father from when I was age 5 live far far away from me, sometime opposite coast.

 

[Time Bandit]

Unfortunately, my father didn't teach me jack squat about shaving. Reason being is that he's had a big beard my entire life. I think I've seen him shave maybe three times in all my years.

I do love hearing about your endeavor to teach yours. It always makes me feel good to hear about the family bonding around shaving.

 

[FL shaver]

“Here’s $20. Go down to the pharmacy and get what you want. After that, you’re on your own.”

 

[D19M]

Nothing
I remember seeing him with bits of toilet roll over his face

 

[Jayson74]

My father also had a beard most of my life. When he did shave it was with an electric.

 

[Mitzie]

My Dad didn't teach me much, except that when I first started to DE shave he told me that I needed to 'stand closer to the blade!' He would shave standing left of the kitchen sink with a mirror on the wall whilst my mother tried to get breakfast in the small kitchen working around him. He would start by vigorously rubbing the end of a Palmolive shaving stick into his wet beard and lather with a boar brush. (Face lathering) His favourite blades were Gillette 7 O'Clock yellows. Like others have said he didn't use a styptic pencil, but toilet paper for coagaulation of blood caused by nicks etc.. -Ah memories !

He never used aftersahve or balms/moisturizers

 

[mcee_sharp]

Nothing, but I do remember his Schick injector, Noxema cream and Brut. Didn't learn to properly shave until I was ~40. Have pondered selling my wife/daughter on DE, but both are clumsy.

 

[horizon]

Nothing! He doesn't even want to hear about wet shaving. I'm doing everything I can to get him into this method, including buying all the tools and accessories, but he's stubborn and doesn't want to.

 

[Lil Cooties]

Nothing from my Dad, he's had a beard his whole adult life, so I taught myself (luckily the internet and B&B where quite helpful)

 

[Eric_75]

I would sometimes watch my dad shave as a kid but I learned to shave on my own. I tried a few of his BIC disposable razors until I got my first Gillette Sensor and then Sensor Excel. I'm guessing my first shave was with Barbasol.

 

[pellidon]

By the time I was old enough, my grandfather was using electric razors. Sadly that was what I started on. Took me until my mid 40's to switch to "those old fashioned things" as he called them after he went electric.

 

[Rusty Blade]

When my boys were very young, (before they had peach fuzz) I used to lather them up in front of the mirror with my brush while I was shaving and give them a spoon to shave with. They thought it was great fun.

 

[Tallships]

As my Dad taught me, I taught my sons to keep shaving simple. One razor, 1 soap, etc. They did try the Cart razors but went back to DE or SE razors.

 

[emwolf]

Not much. By the time I started he was full on electric. The biggest thing he did teach me was, regardless of wet or electric, always wash your face first.

 

[Ankerwycke]

I remember watching my Dad shave in the 1950s. When I started shaving in the 1960s he told me to wash my face before shaving, shave ATG for a quick close shave, and never use another man’s razor.

 

[BobbyB]

31 Dec 1969 (18th birthday). Dad showed me how to hold and use a DE Gillette razor so I would not cut myself shaving. For my birthday he gave me:
1) Gillette razor
2) Gillette blades
3) Tube of shaving cream
4) Old Spice after shave
He said this was my gift for registering to vote, and for the draft, like responsible young adults do,