Thread: Broken hand = blessing in disguise!

To make a long and embarrassing story short….
I took out my aggression on a plastic trash can of all things and broke the base of my pinky finger, the base of the 5th Metacarpal to be exact, on my right(dominate) hand this past Thursday evening. Turns out those trash cans do fight back!
I was very bummed, as I am still a noob with straight razor shaving, I got a new Tony Miller New Artisan 3” red Latigo. As well as two restores from Brad(Undream) on the way.
So I’m in a short cast and have full mobility of my fingers, but the wrist is immobilized. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
I’m still working on stropping technique, so this definitely helps with the not turning the wrist rule. It is also giving me practice with my left hand.
Has anybody had any similar experiences with a broken appendage and how it affects their shaving?
-Jason

Originally Posted by echoplexi

To make a long and embarrassing story short….
I took out my aggression on a plastic trash can of all things and broke the base of my pinky finger, the base of the 5th Metacarpal to be exact, on my right(dominate) hand this past Thursday evening. Turns out those trash cans do fight back!
I was very bummed, as I am still a noob with straight razor shaving, I got a new Tony Miller New Artisan 3” red Latigo. As well as two restores from Brad(Undream) on the way.
So I’m in a short cast and have full mobility of my fingers, but the wrist is immobilized. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
I’m still working on stropping technique, so this definitely helps with the not turning the wrist rule. It is also giving me practice with my left hand.
Has anybody had any similar experiences with a broken appendage and how it affects their shaving?
-Jason

Time for someone to design and market a stropping brace... latigo, no doubt, with brass hardware, maybe incorporating a digital stroke counter and pressure meter, and special attachments for honing and super-expensive japanese grips and..... did I nod off again?

Stimpy, please make a prototype, I would like to see it.

Originally Posted by echoplexi

Has anybody had any similar experiences with a broken appendage and how it affects their shaving?

Hi Jason,
I'm fairly new to straight razor shaving too. I tore my right rotator cuff several years ago and it was a bear having to learn to wipe my butt with my left hand. Does that count? (o:
Namaste,
Morty -_-

They actually make a wrist immobilization device for learning to fly fish. Too bad it won't work for this, but the wrist braces for archery might do the job. One could mount a pedometer to the brace for an accurate count!

You could always buy one of these babies.

Morty,

My wife worked for an orthopaedic surgeon for 14 years. When people asked him why he wouldn't do carpal tunnel surgery on both wrists at the same time, he'd say "If I did, when you use the toilet for the first time when you get home, you'd find out exactly how much members of your family actually love you."

Originally Posted by Morty

Hi Jason,
I'm fairly new to straight razor shaving too. I tore my right rotator cuff several years ago and it was a bear having to learn to wipe my butt with my left hand. Does that count? (o:
Namaste,
Morty -_-

My story is a little round about but about 10 yrs ago I signed up for a welding class at the local tech. Before my first class I was bucked off a horse and broke my right wrist, I even contemplated not going but finally decided to go for it. After quite a bit of strugling and tons of practice I was able to weld left handed, which helped me a lot when welding in tight areas as I could choose whichever hand that was most convenient. Skip ahead 10 yrs when I picked up my first straight razor and went about trying to learn how to use it, I feel like I didnt have to struggle as much when learning to use both hands.

Originally Posted by Morty

Hi Jason,
I'm fairly new to straight razor shaving too. I tore my right rotator cuff several years ago and it was a bear having to learn to wipe my butt with my left hand. Does that count? (o:
Namaste,
Morty -_-

I do believe that counts! I'm in the process, not by my choice of course, of strengthening my left hand and amr.

Originally Posted by echoplexi

I do believe that counts! I'm in the process, not by my choice of course, of strengthening my left hand and amr.

*arm

The misspelling is proof!