What would your father say...

Even though my Dad is also not around, he'd pretty much say the same as most above, or at least shake his head......

 

My dad got into DE shaving a year or so after I did, so he somewhat understands. He definitely didn't get the collection I have, as he only has three razors, two of which I gave him. He probably has about a half a dozen soaps. But, he doesn't really question my collection. His dad, and my grandfather, would think me crazy, though. Even though he is a harder himself, it is always with tools, fishing equipment, etc. He would never collect something like razors.

 

I miss my Dad. He has been gone for 12 years now, but sometimes it feels as if it was just a short time ago.
I have exactly 1 razor, 1 mug and 1 brush that he used. Unfortunately, the razor is a Schick cartridge razor.

I got into wet shaving as a hobby about 6 years ago, so we never really talked much about shaving.
I was just like the guy you described. Shaving was a necessary evil. Get the supplies that are needed, available, and cheap.

I consider my "collection" reasonable, and I got into this hobby to SAVE money, and I have definitely been able to do that.
I do find that I frequently ask myself whether I "need" more shave items that I buy. So I limit myself to great deals and real bargains.
So yeah, I would love to discuss the great bargains I have found with my Dad. I am sure he would approve.

Many of us live in a time where we are blessed with much more than we need.

Be thankful. Especially if you have the opportunity to share this hobby with your Dad.

 

My father is 78, and I remember him always walking around with bits of toilet paper on his neck and cheeks, when he used a Gillette Black Handle Tech. Then, in the late 70's, he started using electric razors, and has refused to use anything else since then.
I've talked with him about using some vintage razors of mine, and he just says he's happy with his electric razor. I don't push it.

 

Mine knows and thinks it's a waste of money.

 

I've tried to talk my father into wet shaving. I remember him using a boar brush and soap when I was younger, but not a DE. He's only in his 50s. I kinda gave up and gave him my Harry's razor.

 

Funny , your dad's in his 50's. I'm in my 50's. I got my son(19 yrs) into vintage DE shaving, a couple of years ago. He has used a Gillette Fat Boy, for over a year now, and loves it.

 

I could give my dad everything. I have Soap, an unused brush and a Tech, not to mention plenty of blades.

 

My father was a diehard Gillette fan.

I remember him using a 40's style super speed and then a fat boy. He switched to a Gillette techmatic in 1969, but hated it and went back to using the fat boy after just a couple of months. Dad jumped on the cartridge train with the trac II once they came out and I think he used that till the Mach 3 came out.

Fast forward to 2008 and dad and I are watching a Yankees game. A Gillette commercial comes on and he says to me "do you use the fusion? Is it any good?" I then spew some nonsense about the fusion being the best razor I've ever used. The next day he goes and buys one. A couple of weeks later he tells me that it shaves almost as nice as his old Gillette razors. Hmmm.....

It was a lifetime for him, so I never got to share my new hobby with my father. I'm sure he would have been fascinated with my collection, but many people from my father's generation had different views and they only bought what they needed and nothing more.

I wish he was still here to tell me I'm crazy and then have him ask if he could borrow the fat boy!

 

I've asked myself this question at least once a week.
We are who we are based on our parents and upbringing, I'll be 55 tomorrow and I was "brought up" in the 70's, times were pretty good at home. My dad used a Gillette Super Speed, I remember the razor and blades in the medicine cabinet.
My dad would have thought my stash was cool, but out of control.
My parents were born in the early 20's mom on a farm in South Dakota, Dad in New Jersey, times were hard. Hence why I would have considered my dad a minimalist when it came to shaving, I was raised on the idea if you haven't used it in over 1 year you don't need it. I still live with that idea.
Cool, but out of control.

 

My dad is long gone. Born in 1914, raised through the depression; my dad collected nothing. I learned to shave with Gillette and Schick cast off's from my dad and older brothers. He had a straight in a box, which my older brother has. Dad used an electric razor and old spice. Period. Of course he'd think that I was nuts. I probably am, just like the rest of you