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

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.