Teaching son to shave.

[Midnight]

Any advice please, is there a special blade I should be getting? I have loads of tissue put aside to mop up the blood.

All this side of parenting is new, so any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Midnight...

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Buy him an electric razor

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I cheated and went electric 👍.

If you are going brave and showing him how to wet shave then I would go Gillette's finest and check out guides on YouTube. They have everything on there now.

 

[Andy]

Jeez, just give him a razor, he'll soon learn. It's hardly rocket science.

 

[hovis]

Jeez, just give him a razor, he'll soon learn. It's hardly rocket science.

what this man said👆

 

[Norrin Radd]

Buy him a cut throat Guy,and tell him he can use it when he can shave the hairs off of a peach without damaging the skin

 

[BubbaP]

Think I just worked it out myself with a Gillette something or other back in the day, father had a beard.
Don't the youngsters learn everything from YouTube and the like these days anyway?

 

[Midnight]

Thanks all for the advice, not even thought about electric.

Ref that it's not rocket science, I agree it's not but you know what, I like to ensure its done proper and help him to start off with. However I do appreciate the input as any advice is something else to think about that I may not have considered.

 

[williamalex1]

Shave up or down , never across .
Electric for me, its been donkeys years ears since i had a wet shave, nothing worse than cutting yourself and going out with bits of tissue stuck on your face

 

[ManinBlack]

https://beardedcolonel.co.uk/shop/5...m4CNSlHnM89TFkW1sMQkNUUYrNiy8zwIaAlq5EALw_wcB

 

[SatchFan]

I chose electric myself. Slicing off a teenage spot would have been inconvenient to say the least.

 

[Robin Hood]

Go electric - quicker and less messy.

 

[rulefan]

Tell him to wash his face with real soap and hot water first. It will soften the hair and make the blade glide more easily.

Also suggest he tries without a blade in first.

 

[USER1999]

It is near impossible to inflict lasting damage with modern blades. Just let him crack on. He will soon suss what works.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Electric is best on bumfluff, or a football team 'tashe ...11 a side.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Tell him to wash his face with real soap and hot water first. It will soften the hair and make the blade glide more easily.

Also suggest he tries without a blade in first.

Yup, it's a bit like decorating; 90% preparation. If he wants to risk a proper razor (I don't mean a cut throat, but a proper single blade), PM me.

 

[IanM]

If I electric shave, I look scruffy again by lunchtime!

Decent blade and gel... he'll soon suss it

 

[jim8flog]

I would also recommend electric until you get to my age.

As the hair gets greyer it also gets thicker and electric just not seem to the job when it's a couple of days growth.

I now wet shave every other day and the person who said you cannot cut yourself with modern wet razors should have seen my face this morning.

 

[USER1999]

I would also recommend electric until you get to my age.

As the hair gets greyer it also gets thicker and electric just not seem to the job when it's a couple of days growth.

I now wet shave every other day and the person who said you cannot cut yourself with modern wet razors should have seen my face this morning.

I said lasting damage, not flesh wounds!

 

[Mudball]

I did my first shave with my Dads blades.. used to watch him shave and make faces in the mirror. So when it started sprouting on my face, I just copied him.. not sure how the result was. don’t teenagers learn from copying Dads?