What did your father teach you about wet-shaving?
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Also non shaving advice.
1. Always get a receipt so they you didn't steal it.
2. The guy who designed this freeway must be in a mental hospital.
3. Don't feel bad in 20 years you'll see her and feel glad she broke up with you. 1973.
4. Other advice too.
Absolutely nothing, I won’t be making that mistake as a father myself
Hey kid, see this electric shaver DON'T USE IT. That was the extent of my shaving experience with dad...
My father taught me three things:
He was like that for everything. When bird season started it was the same, here your shotgun and shells, that's it. At 13 I didn't know about leading the bird before pulling the trigger. I just pointed and shot. I collected a lot of feathers not many birds.
He was a big golfer too. So more of the same, here's a bag of clubs and a dozen golf balls and there's the course.
- Here's a razor
- Here's a razor blade
- Here's some canned shave foam
He was like that for everything. When bird season started it was the same, here your shotgun and shells, that's it. At 13 I didn't know about leading the bird before pulling the trigger. I just pointed and shot. I collected a lot of feathers not many birds.
He was a big golfer too. So more of the same, here's a bag of clubs and a dozen golf balls and there's the course.
Nothing. I had to figure it out for myself.
Nothing I kinda had to figure it out on my own
Nothing, but that was because I was 15 and knew everything.
He gave me some Barbasol canned shave cream and some Gillette Good Will disposables and offered to help me. I declined and he told me to try not to bleed too much
. I bled a lot.
He gave me some Barbasol canned shave cream and some Gillette Good Will disposables and offered to help me. I declined and he told me to try not to bleed too much
. I bled a lot.
Self-taught, for clichéd GenX reasons...
At first I used a Wahl trimmer I'd found in the bathroom. And I do mean a hair trimmer, not an electric razor. I'd knock down any growth every couple weeks or so.
At first I used a Wahl trimmer I'd found in the bathroom. And I do mean a hair trimmer, not an electric razor. I'd knock down any growth every couple weeks or so.
Nothing - my Dad left before I was born.
Trial and Error was the ticket !
Trial and Error was the ticket !
The only thing I can definitely remember was him telling me is that when you wash the soap off your face, use your fingers to check for stubble in spots you’ve missed.
I don’t recall him saying anything at all about lathering and technique etc, although I’m sure he must have(?), but maybe he didn’t. I think I’ve posted on here before that he had a regimen that would give most B&B members conniptions. Throughout the 70s and 80s he had a cheap, wooden-handled brush that he used to lather up off the bar of Cusson’s Imperial Leather hand soap that was always on the sink. Most of the time, he wouldn’t even clean the brush, but just let it sit upright overnight and ‘reactivate’ the hardened bristles the following morning.
I don’t recall him saying anything at all about lathering and technique etc, although I’m sure he must have(?), but maybe he didn’t. I think I’ve posted on here before that he had a regimen that would give most B&B members conniptions. Throughout the 70s and 80s he had a cheap, wooden-handled brush that he used to lather up off the bar of Cusson’s Imperial Leather hand soap that was always on the sink. Most of the time, he wouldn’t even clean the brush, but just let it sit upright overnight and ‘reactivate’ the hardened bristles the following morning.
My father used an injector when I was very young, then switched to a Techmatic and lots of toilet paper. After a brief try with cartridges, he switched to a Norelco electric and was using that when I started to shave. What I learned from him was to stay the hell away from Techmatics.
Dad and both grandpas used electrics. At some point in highschool, my mom looked at me funny and asked if I wanted to start shaving. She got me a little electric. I don't recall asking for or needing any assistance. I think one of my grandpas got me a nicer electric later that year. I don't think the topic of shaving has ever come up with my dad.
I probably wouldn't have switched over to "unpowered" shaving, if not for the Gillette starter pack included in the Sunday newspaper (yes, really) shortly before I moved out on my own. It was a mach 3 handle, base tray/holder, and two cartridges. The ultimate loss-leader!
Everything I know about shaving with a DE, brush, etc comes from the internet or trial and error.
I probably wouldn't have switched over to "unpowered" shaving, if not for the Gillette starter pack included in the Sunday newspaper (yes, really) shortly before I moved out on my own. It was a mach 3 handle, base tray/holder, and two cartridges. The ultimate loss-leader!
Everything I know about shaving with a DE, brush, etc comes from the internet or trial and error.
I remember the first shaving. Canned foam and plastic razor. Teaching was short, because there werent much to teach : put the foam on your face then shave. (never managed to go ATG till wetshaving btw)
Both of us were some what embaressed, I expected more out of this as a father son experience. And I guess this was his feeling as well.
I couldnt convert him to WetShaving (he did it when he was young but technology turned him away, a quite common phenomenom)
Lesson learnt : WetShaving can be a father son moment when time comes. My 13 year old son is aready waiting to learn...
Both of us were some what embaressed, I expected more out of this as a father son experience. And I guess this was his feeling as well.
I couldnt convert him to WetShaving (he did it when he was young but technology turned him away, a quite common phenomenom)
Lesson learnt : WetShaving can be a father son moment when time comes. My 13 year old son is aready waiting to learn...
I had to learn to tie a tie by going to Macys, stealing a tied tie off a mannequin, and slowly taking it apart in the dressing room. I was 16 at the time.
With that baseline - no, my father taught me nothing about shaving.
With that baseline - no, my father taught me nothing about shaving.
In my culture, fathers don't generally teach sons how to shave. It's trial and error, along with ill advice of friends, how we learn things. I even bought razor with my own pocket money.
However, if I ever have a son, I will break the cycle. It will be cartridge first though. When he becomes a young adult, then I will teach him about a safety razor. However, if he becomes curious by watching me and wants to learn, I will teach him too.
However, if I ever have a son, I will break the cycle. It will be cartridge first though. When he becomes a young adult, then I will teach him about a safety razor. However, if he becomes curious by watching me and wants to learn, I will teach him too.
Not jack 
. Had to figure it out on my own. 
. Had to figure it out on my own. Similar threads
