Thread: Reflections on a "Bad Cut"

Originally Posted by Wintchase

I climbed up on the sink when I was 4 and took apart my dad's DE (42 years ago) cut the living crap out of myself..learned a life lesson and hae never done anyhting that stupid since.

Did the same thing with my Mom's safety razor when I was 4 or 5, although in my case it didn't totally stop the stupidity. A couple of years later I had the "just because the range-top eye is black doesn't mean it's not hot" experience, and a few months ago I had the "it's best to not put one's thumb behind the slide of a pistol" experience. See :http://straightrazorpalace.com/shave...tml#post657686

Originally Posted by Outlaw

Oookay...=-/
This whole thread is making me reconsider the whole straight razor thing.
Suddenly, my disposable razors are looking very appealing to me again!
=-/

heh I feel the same way. The don't shave naked thing scared me then a lot of cut talk. I guess it's good to be reminded. At first I wasn't sure, then I felt confident, now my plan is to take it slow and try to be safe.

Don't worry, be happy, my finger is almost healed and ready for another go at it.

I moved my hand with the blade while simultaneously moving my free hand in a ballet of doom. I watched the drops of blood turn into a trickle and start to circle around the drain.

It hurt like hell and bled for close to an hour. I used pressure and ice and nasal spray to stop the bleeding. I'll admit if I were still using a Fusion this wouldn't have happened. Of course, if this had been a Fusion I'd still be a shave zombie, getting the shave over with quickly, rubbing the oily gel over my skin and walking around with 5 o'clock shadow by noon.

We just try and try again.