Thread: Dropped the straight and took a nice divot out of my finger tonight..

This is a good lesson! When I moved into my house, I only used a straight that I didn't care about as much until I was used to the new stropping set up and most importantly, the new faucet angles! I have been lucky enough not to drop one yet I hope due in part to my mantra whenever I pick up a straight:

"You are controlling a very sharp blade, be aware of your grip on it and where the edge is at all times"

I say it to myself ever time I am holding one.

I hope it continues to serve me well!

-Rob

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

i was going to do that but the opening was too big to actually close back up.

This is what it looked like this morning when i changed the bandage(which sucked, the wound was "stuck" to the gauze)

Oh damn! You're going to have to just wait and let the tissue heal by granulation. Meaning keep it clean and covered until it develops a new layer of skin. Here's exactly what I would do: Get some sterile 2X2's, some normal saline, some peroxide, and some betadine. (just incase)

Keep your finger bandaged, dry, and clean at all times. I'd use one sterile 2X2 moistened with the saline and apply it to your "clean" finger as a first bandage, then apply a few more as an outer bandage. Keeping it secure will be the challenge. When you take your shower you can remove the bandage while it's wet to prevent you from pulling the clot or the new tissues loose. After the shower; dry it off completely and re wrap it. You can do a thin layer of Neosporin as well. If it gets infected: looks red, you see a thin red line going up your hand, smells really bad, or hurts worse than it ever has before get to your doctors or a clinic! With a wound like that you have to be very careful.

Good luck dude, remember to keep it clean, and if you think it's infected get to the docs immediately! I've seen much less get far worse!

rrp1501: Great idea! Superglue works to approximate wounds though is not advised as it's a known carcinogen and is bioaccumulative. Regardless: it's been used for years for just that purpose.

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New skin or superglue... once the bleeding subsides long enough to get it dry and get the sealer on there. It's tough to apply while there's still a torrent of blood flowing out of the wound. You sort of run it under the coldest water you have available while squeezing/applying pressure until you can get enough time to dry it by squeezing with gauze or something (napkins work for me. convenient but not exactly sterile...). Have all your sealant ready to go and try to hit it before the blood wells up again. Usually applying pressure with a tightly wrapped bandaid or gauze and tape leaves you free to do something while you wait.

There's a reason they prick your finger instead of your elbow when taking a blood sample.

Your first pic has something bearing "Grundig" in the background.

Confirms the quality of your tastes...

Originally Posted by JohnInPeoria

Your first pic has something bearing "Grundig" in the background.

Confirms the quality of your tastes...

my handheld AM/FM Shortwave radio

Originally Posted by pjrage

You can put superglue in an open wound? I would have thought that is a bad idea to do. I mean I'm no doctor and have no reason to think that other than it just sounds like a bad idea. But does seem like it would do the trick to stop the bleeding. Does it still allow the cut to get the air it needs to heal properly though?

I definitely caught my finger on the edge of my DE with a feather blade on it the other day. Took a little chunk out. A little styptic nick relief and I was good to go.

sure! cyanoacrylate is toxic, but not in those quantities. Your wound gets enough "air" from the capillaries supplying your epidermis, so don't worry about that.

Hey sorry to hear about your accident. Hopefully you are not a pitcher in spring training with those pesky red stockings (hope they contend this year). Anyhow, looking forward...

" well... i was having trouble getting the strop to stay on the damn door knob, so i moved it to a different spot in a bathroom."

Take a piece of rope of about 12 to 16" ( could be a little longer if you are new at tying knots) and make a surgeon knot at the end. This should give you a loop of about 5 to 8" (double). Pass the rope, which is now double, on top of the door knob and pass the other side through it. At this point, you should have a the rope firmly attached to the door knob and a smaller loop in your hard. Now, using the same procedure, you can attach the strop to the smaller loop in your hand. It is like attaching a hook using a dropper loop. You could also use a palomar knot here but why...? ;-). Another solution, which is what I am using now, it the handle from a camera bag. Attach the loop to the door knob the same way I described with the rope and clip to attach the strop to it. Hopefully you fish and find this explanation sufficient. I find it extremely difficult to learning end explaining how to tie a knot without seeing how it is done.

Al raz.

Feel your pain about the razor's edge, I dinged my 3rd day shaving on the faucet in my sink, right on the very tip, I have since stropped it out, you can't see it anymore.


Put some Pine Tar on those scales! Don't worry the ump wont call you out on it like they did to Bret.lol

cheers
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Originally Posted by Alraz

Hey sorry to hear about your accident. Hopefully you are not a pitcher in spring training with those pesky red stockings (hope they contend this year). Anyhow, looking forward...

" well... i was having trouble getting the strop to stay on the damn door knob, so i moved it to a different spot in a bathroom."

Take a piece of rope of about 12 to 16" ( could be a little longer if you are new at tying knots) and make a surgeon knot at the end. This should give you a loop of about 5 to 8" (double). Pass the rope, which is now double, on top of the door knob and pass the other side through it. At this point, you should have a the rope firmly attached to the door knob and a smaller loop in your hard. Now, using the same procedure, you can attach the strop to the smaller loop in your hand. It is like attaching a hook using a dropper loop. You could also use a palomar knot here but why...? ;-). Another solution, which is what I am using now, it the handle from a camera bag. Attach the loop to the door knob the same way I described with the rope and clip to attach the strop to it. Hopefully you fish and find this explanation sufficient. I find it extremely difficult to learning end explaining how to tie a knot without seeing how it is done.

Al raz.

Thanks. i couldnt find any string for some reason in the garage, but did find an old lanyard.

Here is what i came up with. stropping is actually a lot easier now, i can manuever around easier and find the best spot.

So i think i got lucky on the dropped razor.

Looking at it today i couldnt see any chips in it. So i did around 20-30 strops on .25 diamond pasted balsa.

Then i rigged up a pear of jeans and made a "denim strop" and did too many to count. Then stropped on leather until my hand hurt.


The shave was not any better than previous shaves, but not worse either. I went wtg/xtg/atg, with a little pulling around the chin. which is probably more my technique.

I still think this razor needs to hit the stones, but i'm going to wait until i get my new razor(and the stones for that matter) to compare with.