I accept bleeders

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02-04-2008, 01:25 AM
TOB9595

I accept bleeders

:)
YEP!!!
I accept the fact that I may get cut while shaving with a str8...
Dang it all!!! I just had a really fine feeling shave BUT...
While I was focusing on using my off hand I "bumped" into my cheek..
How dumb can I be?????
NAH! It happens...

It's inevitable that I get cut...NOT badly...
AND it is happening less with each shave. I was trying out a new angle to shave a difficult area under my jaw line WITH MY OFF HAND...
I am VERY pleased with how I am including the off hand into my shaving..

I used a plain wood handle synthetic brush with a dollop of OXFORD shave cream. I suspect that OXFORD is on the lower end of the price range but I was pleased with the shave.
- No preshave material.
- Hot wash
- OXFORD cream lathered up nicely with some noname brush
- Straight razor NAGIN ESPE 6/8
- Alum block..lots of gliding with it tonight :)
- Corn Huskers Lotion. Use it for every shave
- Floids Italian in a spray dispenser from WalMart $0.50
- Creed ORIGINAL VETIVER EDT. In a sample vial. Just dabbed on seven areas.

Lots of experience to be gotten yet in the world of straight shaving.
I'm straight shaving more often than I DE nowadays.

I'm still lookin forward to shaving with "THE ONE" lather..be it cream or soap
02-04-2008, 01:29 AM
Windcalmer

I feel SO lucky. As I have not cut myself once with my razor since I started. Am I doing it wrong or something? LOL
02-04-2008, 01:37 AM
TOB9595

Quote:

Originally Posted by Windcalmer

I feel SO lucky. As I have not cut myself once with my razor since I started. Am I doing it wrong or something? LOL

Hahahaha
No!
You're not doing anything wrong..
I like how your beard is coming in
Hahahahaha
02-04-2008, 11:01 AM
El Vee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Windcalmer

I feel SO lucky. As I have not cut myself once with my razor since I started. Am I doing it wrong or something? LOL

Ya gotta use the sharp edge to shave with, not the spine:D :D
02-04-2008, 11:57 AM
Chander

I have been shaving with a straight for about two weeks. And still no nicks, Ok one small cut when my three year old started screaming in the middle of my shave. I do not think either of us is doing it wrong. In My case I am simply not chasing the BBS yet. I figure my shave is getting a little closer every time sooner or later I will get there. Until then I can live with 5 oclock shadow early.
02-04-2008, 12:15 PM
matt

Not everybody needs a bbs shave. I have been straight shaving for 10 months now and I still have not achieved a bbs shave in every place. Once in a while I BBS my cheeks and a couple parts of my neck. I stopped chasing it. The hair on my face grows in collicky patches which means different directions of growth to shave all over. So it just ain't happening for me. I can live with that though. The shaves are still better than I ever would have thought and they last me through the day, sometimes longer. So I stopped chasing the BBS a long time ago. I suspect that if I really dedicated hours of shaving education to myself I may get one but for now I just think what I do is good enough.
02-04-2008, 07:23 PM
Windcalmer

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Vee

Ya gotta use the sharp edge to shave with, not the spine:D :D

Thats what I was doing wrong. Gotcha! :roflmao
02-04-2008, 07:40 PM
kerryman71

I've been shaving with a str8 for about two
weeks now. Yesterday was the first time
I didn't get any NEW cuts. I freshened up an
old one, but no new ones.

John
02-05-2008, 01:53 AM
Windcalmer

Well gentlemen, Seems I spoke too soon. I found out two thing tonight while shaving.

1. Rage against the Machine is not shaving music.:roflmao

2. Razor cuts hurt like ****!

So do I get to join the bleeders club? :tu
02-05-2008, 02:04 AM
TOB9595

Hahahahaha

This may be the last time I post from my sensitive side.

I agree with youse guys..DON"T chase the BBS..
Technique, both hands, technique...

Tom
02-05-2008, 04:38 AM
Brad

I had relatively few cuts over the last month plus until this morning. Got distracted as my kids were going to school and opened a one inch cut right across my carotid artery! Looks really nasty right about now since it has scabbed up.

If anyone at my office was thinking about coming over to a straight razor, I'm pretty sure they think differently now. General consensus is that I will slit my throat one of these days.

My favorite conversation on it tonight came at my kids' science fair. I was talking to a buddy of mine who looking at the gash asked "cut yourself shaving?". I said "Yep" He said "Wow. Big cut". I said "Big blade! You gotta use a real razor to do this kind of damage." To which he replied, "never used a straight razor, don't have the nerve."

This I think goes to a big part of why I enjoy this. It's the focus and danger when you don't focus. I think I'll rename this "Extreme Shaving" Maybe I better not as prices for nice razors will get even higher.

Brad
02-05-2008, 05:35 AM
Jfala

If you haven't cut yourself yet you aren't really trying...:nj Sometimes it happens, and after 9 months of straight razor shaving I have my share of cuts. Usually I cut myself by going to fast or losing concentration. Either way sucks big time. Luckily they heal, and hey! Chicks dig scars...
02-05-2008, 12:25 PM
justchillin

Alum block and styptic pens are my best friends when I get cut... I just picked up a alum block from classicshaving and scored 5 styptic pens from ebite...

Been shaving since 10/5/7 and thankfully only a few scrapes now and then..
02-05-2008, 12:27 PM
fallout55

I've been shaving with a straight for a month now and have more than my share of nicks & cuts. At one point I had to stop and count the old & new wounds just to get through the denial..11. Now I'm better because I have slowed down and learned to take the blade away from my face at the least distraction. I have a couple albums by a group called "Dismember", but I really have no desire to listen to them while shaving:nono:
02-05-2008, 12:32 PM
Kenrup

I've got a collection of scars any pirate would be proud of. ARRRRRRRRRRGH Matey! Shiver me timbers and pass the styptic!!!!!
02-05-2008, 12:54 PM
Bruno

Quote:

Originally Posted by Windcalmer

1. Rage against the Machine is not shaving music.:roflmao

Standing in line...
Believing the lies...
You're bowing down to the flag...
You got a bullet in your head...

I love RAM, though to be honest, I only have that particular CD.
It was wildly popular when I was at the age of going to parties.
If I remember correctly, someone acidentally hit me a black eye on the 'dance' floor.

Ah... good times.
02-05-2008, 09:45 PM
TULIP

I've been doing this for about two weeks myself, and only twice have I had a shave with no nicks, and only once have I had a cut where I had to apply pressure because the styptic wouldn't stop the flow of blood. My mustache area and the areas around the corners of my mouth have proven to be very difficult for me, so I typically handle those with my trusty 1965 Gillette Slim Adjustable.
02-05-2008, 09:57 PM
The Topher

I shave with relatively few razors at one time so when i work on a new one for someone I cut myself cause I try to treat it like the ones I have been using for a while. Its a not paying attention thing. They are only the little red lines or a tiny bleeder for a second and then gone but it is still annoying.
02-06-2008, 11:25 AM
El Vee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Windcalmer

1. Rage against the Machine is not shaving music.:roflmao

Heck, I listen to Bad Brains, Black Flag, and a few others along that same vein!!:)

But I like to soften the edges a bit an occasion with some Verdi:tu
02-07-2008, 12:31 AM
Why_Did_I_Do_It?!

I would like to temp join the club...i hopefully will not stay for long.

:-D
02-07-2008, 12:44 AM
Stilley30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenrup

I've got a collection of scars any pirate would be proud of. ARRRRRRRRRRGH Matey! Shiver me timbers and pass the styptic!!!!!

That was a great line. Pass the styptic...my Fiance is wondering what the hell is so funny.