Thought I was all that....
Just tried my second straight shave with near-disastrous results. Stress has been extremely high lately and so I figured a good relaxing shave would do the trick. Might have, if it had been good.
My first attempt (about 4 days ago or so) was actually a second pass after I had already shaved with my Fusion razor. The results were impressive only because I didn't hack my face up with the razor.
This time I decided to go straight for it with 4 or 5 days of growth on my face. Mistake. The slices in my face are many, the shave is terrible, and the razor burn is intense. However, this noob mistake pales in comparison to what happened next.
I followed the advice of using a towel for the razor wipes, but I occasionally find myself using the faucet out of habit and because my attention is on my face and beard. Do you see where this is going? With my off-hand I made a fairly successful swipe and, WITHOUT LOOKING, dipped my beautiful razor in the sink and heard the slightest little tap against the porcelain with the spike point:gaah:. Thought I was going to have a stroke or something. Doesn't "appear" to be any damage, and it still shaved well without slicing me (at least not any more than usual). Also didn't appear to scratch the strop when I stropped it post-shave.
Should I be concerned?
found a very minor ding (is there such a thing?)
Upon further investigation I found the barest of dings that scratched my nail, but barely. I was able to smooth it out to be undetectable and stropped and stropped and stropped. Seems alright.
Still working on stretching the face properly...some areas are frustratingly hard to stretch and get to. But the pressure is something I'm getting a little used to.
Should I send this razor for repair/honing or just be more careful?
It happens, you will heal.
SR shaving is a discipline, it takes practice and most of all patience. Attention to detail and confidence are in there too. Your shave starts at the strop, you strop before you shave, start thinking about what you are doing and how your going to start and where you are going to start. That's how I do it, I listen to the razor sing and get focused as I stop. Proceed to lather, start shutting off distraction, stretch skin and slowly begin my shave. We had a saying in the Marines, slow is smooth and smooth is fast, in this case, slow is safer. Good luck
Mind your edge.