Thread: Will straight razor cut my throat?

In addition to reading this forum, getting Lynn's DVD, and/or meeting up with someone who knows what they're doing,
you are much less likely to cut your throat if you do one of two things:
#1) Keep small children away from yourself while shaving. I love my kids but I don't love a few cuts I have gotten when they have run in to the bathroom and bumped me mid shave.
#2) This is the best bet. Buy a Dovo Prima Klang. Look at it. Envision it cutting your throat open and you bleeding to death. Now that you're scared of it, send it to me

Originally Posted by Bgood0485

my girlfriend is afraid that I will cut my throat and bleed to death.

Tell her the only thing we have to fear is fear itself

I am still new to straight shaving - about 15 shaves in so far - and i have yet to cut or even nick myself on the throat. Actually, i nick myself far less on average than i did with my double edge razor. You'll be fine.

Originally Posted by cpcohen1945

My theory:
Don't shave in the shower, don't shave naked, don't shave rushed, etc.

Charles

Sadly the risk from this had not occured to me till I read this

I have 2 rules when I shave with a straight razor. The #1 rule was already talked about that is the naked shaving I've never had anything happen but it's just not a good idea. #2 rule is coffee after shaving I feel if I have coffee before I tend to tense up and that lead to the nasty scar on my jaw line. after I figured out to skip the coffee all has been good.

i just started about 3 weeks ago and other than a couple of scratches from my dbl duck spike that i really shouldn't have tried using yet all i have suffered is some razor burn on my super sensitive neck(too much pressure). this past weekend my 10 year old son want to "help" me so i told him what to do and showed him on one side of my face i let him do a couple of square inches on the other side. im still here =) be careful, go slow from stropping to lather to shaving, everything will be fine. im not "there yet" when it comes to BBS or even really good shaves on a regular basis but i already enjoy shaving more and even look forward to it. the shaves are just as good as any cartridges the first two weeks and now they are a bit better so lots to look forward to. cheers and good luck in your endeavor

Originally Posted by cjoffroader

i just started about 3 weeks ago and other than a couple of scratches from my dbl duck spike that i really shouldn't have tried using yet all i have suffered is some razor burn on my super sensitive neck(too much pressure). this past weekend my 10 year old son want to "help" me so i told him what to do and showed him on one side of my face i let him do a couple of square inches on the other side. im still here =) be careful, go slow from stropping to lather to shaving, everything will be fine. im not "there yet" when it comes to BBS or even really good shaves on a regular basis but i already enjoy shaving more and even look forward to it. the shaves are just as good as any cartridges the first two weeks and now they are a bit better so lots to look forward to. cheers and good luck in your endeavor

Wow! You let your son shave your face!?! That IS brave! And it's also incredibly cool! My sons are 2yrs and 5 days, so they won't even be touching a razor for many years, but it's very cool that you'd let him shave your cheek.

To the Original Poster: Plenty of advice has been given. My wife had similar apprehensions when I first told her I wanted to try straight shaving. But after a few weeks we were at an antique show together and she called me over, "Look! I found a straight razor!" She was excited. Still not interested in trying them herself, but supportive after seeing I wasn't going to kill myself!

Peace,

I want to thank everyone who posted a reply. I agree with each response and wanted to use this post to try and convince her of the same. She is still skeptical but hey who isn't when the see several inches of razor sharp steel near the throat? I have been on here for over a year now and I have read every article many times knowledge is key to learning this new skill. Thank you all for your posts

Originally Posted by thehekler

Unless your name is Sweeny Todd you'll be safe... No member here has bleed out yet, or at least they haven't said anything about it if they did

This is true, noone has died and posted about it....

My wife was skeptical when I first started shaving with a straight razor almost 2 years ago, but now she's happy that I have found a hobby that I enjoy and is fairly inexpensive. Hey, what she doesn't know doesn't hurt me. She will sometimes watch me shave out of curiousity but she won't watch when I shave my neck. As for cutting oneself, I find it amusing that I rarely cut myself shaving, but darn it, I seem to get all kinds of other cuts, from the vicious paper cuts to slicing my finger with a kitchen knife.