BBS, or more accurately, The Perfect Groomsmen Gift

A few months ago, I was walking in a store called "Things Remembered" on an intense hunt for a gift for my groomsmen. Frustration. Everything I saw was (in my opinion) either cheesy or already had a cousin sitting in my desk drawer gathering dust from previous weddings I'd been a part of (monogrammed sterling silver bookmark, anyone?).

I was worried that I would have to settle for the monogrammed lighters, or worse yet, money clips (sorry to those of you who have gifted me with those. I have all three of them safely tucked away in the bottom of my desk drawer) when I happened to come across an article over at one of my favorite blogs called "How to Shave Like Your Grandpa." If that doesn't sound cool, I don't know what does.

Anywho, long story short, I got inspired to invest in the cost of buying new Merkur Classic Safety Razors #178 (Made in Germany! Oh yeah!) for my guys and one for myself. I had never heard of giving safety razors as a gift, and I knew that none of the guys owned one, so it was a pretty safe bet to assume that that they would actually use them.

So how did it go, you ask?

Well, I took the razor to my face for its first test drive two Sundays ago and ended up wearing little squares of toilet paper on my face for most of the morning.  However, undaunted, I did some research and later invested in some higher quality shaving cream in order to prepare for the next match up.

Last night was the night, and let me tell you, it was heavenly. I'm fairly certain that I have rediscovered shaving the way God intended. I didn't know shaving could be so much fun. I really wanted to put all the hair back on my face and do it again when I was finished. BBS (Baby Butt Smooth) doesn't do the experience justice.

In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I decided to blog about the experience and recommend safety razors to anyone as the ultimate manly groomsmen gift. 

So there you go. If anyone wants my old Gillette quattro, it will be sitting at the bottom of the medicine cabinet, hanging its head in shame.

Traditional wet shave - 1
Plastic Cartridge Razors - 0 

Yeah, buddy.