In the late 1960s when I was a small boy my grandfather would give his young grandsons a lathered brush and one of his razors (without a blade) and let us copy him as he shaved. When I started shaving as a 15 year old my father suggested throw away bic razors, I went for a Gillette Techmatic. I guess my first SE razor. Boots shaving soap and brush. I used it through UNI and then progressed through various cartridges and ever increasing blade numbers (recently up to six in the Pace 6) and price. In the late 80s I found Taylor's in Jermyn Street and loved their shaving creams and brushes. Last year had my first straight razor shave at a local barbers, and loved it. I guess I had always thought DEs old fashioned (associated with grandfathers and a scar from finding his blade and playing with it). Recently talking to my younger brother about his desire to make straight razors similar to the ones our great grandfather left, I decided to try a DE as a entry to traditional shaving (I forgot to mention the Schlick twin blade injector). So to tonight I used a Proraso Boar brush, Proraso menthol cream and a Jagen David B40, Sainsbury's blades (better selection on order). 2 passes only only slight nick, a good close shave. Memories of two missed grandfathers and a father lost to Alzheimer's,. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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welcome to the first order!...cool that your shave's can take you back to memories as a child and loved ones.
Welcome! Great story! I also remember my grandfather shaving with a DE and my dad shaving with a Schick injector. It's really cool to be able to recreate the process! Sent from my Galaxy S6 using Tapatalk
Greetings from Central New Jersey and welcome to The Shave Den. Thanks for sharing your story. You will find much of that here, along with great advice, many suggestions and helpful members.
Thanks for the welcome, just had number two DE shave, less irritation. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
Welcome from Dallas, Texas! Whats your "go-to" gear as far as brushes, soap, preshave, razors, aftershave, etc.? What are your top performers?
Two brushes a Taylor's silver tip badger and an omega boar. Soap alternate between prosaro green and truffit and hill. Aftershave prosaro balm (green) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
