SHAVING

My Dad used a shaving mug and brush to lather. No straight razor though.

For me there's nothing like shaving oil. Not cream or soap, Shave Secret just gives the smoothest, usually cleanest shave without cutting that I've found.

And I've tried them all. For awhile I was convinced that shaving cream was shaving cream and bought the cheapest Barbasol I could find. Then hot lather in a can came out in 1970 or so and I tried that before getting a rash that sent me to an electric razor.

But I've been an oil man for some time now. I've offered my wisdom to my son and some friends, but I don't think they like the oil. In fact the last time I saw my son he had a beard. He was Joseph in the Christmas musical he wrote and directed for his church, so I guess he's clean shaven again by now.

He, like a lot of his contemporaries usually doesn't shave on Saturdays, or any other times he can get away with leaving that five o'clock shadow that's popular now. Not me. I'm a two a-day shaver because I can't stand the itch. Or is it the plethora of little gray hairs that dominate the dark ones now?

I wonder if little shafer has anything to do with little shaver? And what's a little scutter anyway(s)?