Thread: Anyone ever get any DEEP cuts

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

About the 2nd week after I started straight shaving and I was feeling cocky about it I watched myself in the mirror as I did a lateral motion with my new Dorko. I think it took about 40 minutes to stop the bleeding. Right on the right side of my chin. I thought it would need stitches but it didn't but it left quite a scar.

Yeah , seem's like getting cocky , gets you cut . It was my 16th shave , and I thought I had pretty much mastered my technique , a high blade angle , and a little pressure into the skin (one pass BBS ) . Cut myself twice , I wonder why .

Originally Posted by Gags1892

Just curious if any of the more experienced shavers ever got any deep cuts when they started (or when they didn't start for that matter!)

nope, but i'm not all that experienced.

Originally Posted by Gags1892

Just curious if any of the more experienced shavers ever got any deep cuts when they started (or when they didn't start for that matter!)

Not with a straight yet we will not go into my other knives

All I have to say is be careful with your HHT

I pressed the blade into the pink part of my lower lip. Netted me a slice of about a centimetre, at the deepest part it was about 1 mm.
Subsequently I found out that I have a tendency to bit my lip when concentrating and I don't carry my styptic fluid to classes

ps: I'm a newb but still wanted to share.

i almost removed the upper 1" of my thumb from restoring a blade. not shaving but still from the razor. i used to hold the blade in one hand while buffing/polishing the top spine of the razor with the other hand. i did this becuase i didn't want to take the chance of messing up the bevel by setting it edge down on the table. so i was buffing back and forth and pushing down on the top spine so it would do a better job. well, a second later my hand went under the blade instead of on top and SLICE. there's the top 1" of my thumb about hanging off.

yes, i went to the hospital and yes they put it back on. it was my thumbnail that ultimately stopped the blade from slicing my finger off yahoo for the thumbnail.

~J

ps. i now put the blade on the table. the hell with the bevel, ill reestablish that when i hone it after restoration. my thumb comes first. it did get me out of doing any dishes during thanksgiving festivities

I got a zinger last night... lower neck. Don't exactly know how it happened (which means it happened cause I wasn't paying attention), I just remember feeling the razor move in a direction it wasn't supposed to, and then blood... lots of it.
Attacked with the styptic, which of course stung like crazy, and turned everything the blackish/blue color it gets... I let it sit for a few seconds then blotted on it with a wad of wet toilet paper.... I still have a nice scar this morning, and people at work have been commenting on it.

Regarding the kirk-douglas chin thing... I actually have that one! and not by way of razor accident either, even my jaw bone has the dent in it.. I actually got made fun of all the time in middle school for a "butt chin". It is tricky to shave around too..

Edit: WOW... apparently this is my 100th post. Time flies when you're having fun!

When trying to develop technique and a routine, I had a stupidity spasm.

I had the razor in my left hand and was trying to shave my right cheek making a WTG pass (top to bottom). I have no idea WTF I was thinking ..... In this awkward position, I pulled the blade for a split second....

I wound up with a nice 2"+ scar on my right cheek and (as mentioned) a reminder to pay attention!

v/r

Allen

One thing I have learned is to let a cut heal fully before shaving again. I have a scar about two and a half inches long from cutting myself, then opening it up again when shaving before the original cut was fully healed. I won't be making that mistake again....
Ken.

Well still new at this but I have learned that I really need to watch where the point of the blade is, I have a nice slice in my right ear lobe for forgetting that one. Never hurt just bled a lot.

Chief