Thread: The ONE thing I forgot to prepare for straight razor shaving... the Wife.

I am also in a home where the door is open if you're not doing "business." In my case a serious talk about the danger she presents was all that was needed. After that if she can't understand that you need to be left alone LOCK THE DOOR. An accident can still be a very serious thing. I agree go look at the cut of the day thread.

Thank you all for your wonderful insights. "Lock The Door", I really hate to make it come to that, but I think in the end, it is sound advice. Even if we talk, and she is reasonable, there will be times she forgets. And then the whole "I asked you not bother me while I'm Shaving" "Well, I asked you to turn your socks right side out before putting em in the laundry" thing. ?!? hahaha..

If that cheeses her off, when I tell her she's just going to have to wait, then I'll have to stop shaving, unlock the door, and wait for her to be done and gone. Then I'll intentionally wait until I know she's doing her business, and come barging in check my lather supply.. haha... Funny how husbands and wives train each other in the things that is really VERY important to them. You have to pick the hilltops you are willing to die for VERY carefully, and not too often.

Thank you, again!

It is not unusual for my wife to be in the same space while I shave, quite often there will be 1 or more grandchildren watching and asking questions. The radio is usually full noise, the dog is barking, there is always something going on. That is Zen.

I usually shave right before I go to bed, no rush then.

I shave with door open and its not unusual for someone to come in while I am shaving. If they get too close I stop but mostly they give me room. If I'm "lucky" my 5 yr old son will join me needing my attention to help lather and clean up between passes. Have to settle for a ok shave those days and takes way longer. I find as long as I have my personal space its alright but make it obvious I'm waiting if its encroached upon

That's why there is a lock on the door , fir privacy from intruders. I solved it by making my shave den in the extra bathroom. Tc

I'll bet most of us have the exact same problem. There's only two good choices out of the 3 possibilities.

1. Lock the door
2. Leave the door wide open
3. Get a nasty cut when the wife comes breezing in and startles you

I go for #1 usually, with the occasional #2 and I'm trying really hard to remember to do #1, so that I don't end up doing #3.

While I close the door, and Mrs. Zero has learned NOT to enter, when she knows I'm shaving, I do not to lock the door for one simple reason. If something should happen, a slip, a fall, I drop of the razor and lop off a toe or get a nasty laceration.... I'd prefer it if the paramedics didn't have to break down the door to get to me. There is also the bit about Mrs. Zero finding me, BEFORE she cashes in on my life insurance, thus making the 911 call.

It IS true that this might prevent me from being able to phone in dead to my employer on Monday morning, but, I rather like the idea of getting in a few more shaves in before I give up the ghost.

My strop hangs on the bathroom door, not a good situation if the door swings open while I'm stropping my razor, so this is what trained Mrs. Zero to not enter. She could hear the zip, zip, zip of me stropping. After that, she always did a polite quiet knock on the door before barging in.

Most bathroom doorknobs have an easy to defeat lock... usually a small hole in the centre of the knob on the outside. A nail or other thin item can be pushed into the hole and it trips the lock. Sadly, most people don't seem to know about such things.....

Regards

Kaptain "Better safe than sorry.... " Zero

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

While I close the door, and Mrs. Zero has learned NOT to enter, when she knows I'm shaving, I do not to lock the door for one simple reason. If something should happen, a slip, a fall, I drop of the razor and lop off a toe or get a nasty laceration.... I'd prefer it if the paramedics didn't have to break down the door to get to me. There is also the bit about Mrs. Zero finding me, BEFORE she cashes in on my life insurance, thus making the 911 call.

It IS true that this might prevent me from being able to phone in dead to my employer on Monday morning, but, I rather like the idea of getting in a few more shaves in before I give up the ghost.

My strop hangs on the bathroom door, not a good situation if the door swings open while I'm stropping my razor, so this is what trained Mrs. Zero to not enter. She could hear the zip, zip, zip of me stropping. After that, she always did a polite quiet knock on the door before barging in.

Most bathroom doorknobs have an easy to defeat lock... usually a small hole in the centre of the knob on the outside. A nail or other thin item can be pushed into the hole and it trips the lock. Sadly, most people don't seem to know about such things.....

Regards

Kaptain "Better safe than sorry.... " Zero

Hahaha.... As I was looking for a place to mount a flush draw ring to the bathroom wall for the strop, the Mrs. was "Why don't you just hang it on the bathroom door?" I just looked at her like she had lost her mind, and that was TOO much to say...

I enjoy the ritual of coming out of the shower, lathering, then donning robe and slippers for protection before doing my last 30 laps on the strop ( I do the fabric and first 30 AFTER shaving, just to cut my prep time). GOOD advice, I found here. I've worked with sharp tools before in my life, and can resist the urge to "Break the fall" with my foot, but as you say, better safe than sorry...

Lol on "phoning in dead"

You can have all the serious conversations with family members that you want but you're still be risking an accident. No one would want to purposely while walking or squeezing by you but if you don't lock the door there is always a chance something can go wrong. You don't even want that possibility in the back of your mind while 100% of your concentration should be on that face in the mirror.