My little brother just grew up.

Well, it was time for his first shave....he went to grab my fathers electric razor and I exclaimed "whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa slow down there!!"
"you shall be taught with a razor that will make you take your time, and enjoy the moment"

So, I taught him the way of the Valet Autostrop armed with a Feather blade, Monday menthol madness with Bigelow, and the wonders of a badger brush.

He only nicked himself once, from a zit gettin wacked off.

He loved it!

 

Nice work!

 

Good job Big Brother!

 

Great! and a SE razor gets two thumbs up from me

 

I've been running the Valet since I got it...almost exactly a year ago.
Haven't needed another

 

One doesn't need another; one wants another. Many others...

 

Excellent, what a great way to start out. Enjoy your shave.

 

Great story, always nice to start one out the right way.

Electric. ....... *shudder*

 

Close save there, could have ended up like me. My father didn't teach me anything about shaving other than the now haunting words,"Don't be bothered shaving, use an electric". Twenty nine years it took - TWENTY NINE YEARS!!! to get a proper shave!

 

My dad never even showed me how to shave. I think I just took one of his 2 blade disposables and went to town on my beard when I was 14. Took 15 years to get a proper shave.

 

My dad changed to cartridges at the time I started shaving. I used an electric for a few years before turning to cartridges. I never liked them but I knew it needed perfecting.....I just didn't realise at the time that it included changing razors completely. Well I'm here to stay now and I suppose that the main thing.

 

Good Job! Keep up the good work.

 

And I thought * I * spent a long time shaving each day.

 

I butchered my face and neck with an injector when I was 18 Then had a full beard for two decades shortly thereafter. I "upgraded to a goatee, and cartridge shaver. I am now patiently??? Awaiting a Lord 6, and just won a 60's superseded. 41 years!

 

Zits are supposed to be wacked off - that'll teach'em.

Job well done!

 

Talking about it helps. Vent it off, mate. Get it off your chest.

 

Look what I just won him.
I'm gonna restore it properly for him


http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=311174262588&alt=web

 

Excellent haul for your brother! I love the Autostrop! I can't see what type it is, but you can find Feather blades for it on Connaughtshaving.com => *click* <=

If you're lucky it is an early type of the Autostrop which can take modified SE blades.

 

Both of them are the early kinds. I only use feather Blades.

 

Yeah, they are great!