Thread: Impossible with a cartridge...

So I cut my ear lobe last night. It is about 10% removed from my face now. Ears bleed a lot.

But, I successfully shaved my neck, so I count it as a WIN!

Yes, they do! I nicked my earlobe twice in one shave a few weeks ago when I got my 4/8 round tip. I thought I was gonna run out of styptic powder. However, congrats are due for a successful neck shave.

Originally Posted by Zts2004

I successfully shaved my neck

With a cartridge, this is impossible. But with a straight razor, all things are possible

Originally Posted by Zts2004

So I cut my ear lobe last night. It is about 10% removed from my face now. Ears bleed a lot.

But, I successfully shaved my neck, so I count it as a WIN!

Your glass is definitely half full, what a great attitude! Enjoy!

i am only about 6 shaves in...but any advice on the chin?

Well at least it won't be in the way next time.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

With a cartridge, this is impossible. But with a straight razor, all things are possible

Is anything possible with a cartridge? Not counting bad shaves...

Originally Posted by Zts2004

So I cut my ear lobe last night. It is about 10% removed from my face now. Ears bleed a lot.

But, I successfully shaved my neck, so I count it as a WIN!

It's not as impossible as you think. A few years ago, I used to shave my head every day with a Mach 3.

I would brush my teeth and shave my face first, hop in the shower, and I'd shave my head instead of shampoo. One day I didn't notice that I had sliced the top of my ear.

I get to work and people were just staring at me. Finally a security supervisor came up to me to ask me what was going on and if everything was all right. (My day job is at a casino, so there's a lot of security) I just looked at him like he was a martian and asked what he was talking about. He told me I had blood all of the side of my face, that I needed to go get cleaned up, and to please let him know if I needed any help.

When I went to the bathroom, there was dried and crusty blood all over my ear and neck. It looked gruesome. As it turned out I had 3 tiny parallel cuts in the top of my ear. It had been a brand new cartridge that day and I hadn't even noticed. When I went back and showed the security supervisor the tiny little cuts that were responsible for all the dried blood, he was just shocked.

Originally Posted by Zts2004

i am only about 6 shaves in...but any advice on the chin?

I find very short strokes to work well. I'm talking fractions of an inch here

+1 on the short strokes take your time and use short strokes. It takes a muscle memory and it will get faster as that improves.