I have been shaving for about three months now, and have been fortunate enough to have never cut my self. My styptic pencil has been feeling neglected. But now I have a few pretty good nicks, not any on my face, but everywhere else. I keep hitting the knuckles of my stretching hand, am I just getting complacent? I even felt a slicing motion on my cheek yesterday, luckily I have gotten pretty close to the correct pressure so I was able to catch myself before I did any damage, but I think I was very close to a decent slice. Is bloodletting just something we have to do to remind us of the dangers every once in a while, or am I all alone in this regard and just need to buck it up and pay better attention?

My questions are more rhetorical in nature, Just a warning to other newbies like myself to keep paying the same amount of attention as when you first put that blade to your face. Great shaves come with confidence but so does blood, if your not mindful of the wherabouts of the edge at all times.