Thread: Don't Forget Your Razor is Sharp!!

^---- rofl.........


i was working building signs for the casino industry.... i was inside of a 8'tall 22'long and 24"deep sign welding in ladder rungs for service purposes... *(this sign was to be outside)....... when i finished i climbed up and was climbing out with my welding hood still on but in the up position......... as i lifted myself over the side and was searching with my feet for a step the back of both of my legs hit a hot spot.... thereby making my jump which made BOTH my feet shoot back through the opening and i started falling forward .... i am a big guy *(6'3" and ~230# not fat) so i started to fall... i grabbed the edge behind me that had just been covered with .040 aluminum.... it sliced both my palms all the way across... my welding hood fell over my face.... i fell 8' on top of a 55 gallon trash drum..... scraping the skin off my right arm from the wrist to the shoulder.........

i swear it took me 5 mins to hit the ground...... i jumped up... tore off the hood.... picked up the trash can and threw it ~40 feet where it knocked the shop door off the hinges........

then i stopped and looked around at my 5 co-workers looking at me like i was crazy.....

then my buddy clint took me to the ER where i got 23 stitches in the right and 31 stitches in the left hand.......

i wish i had video of this.......

I cut myself today, high on the cheek, with a heavy half hollow Sheffield. Actually, it was recently honed and shaved like butter.
When using this heavy razor, a small change to the angle of attack to the skin and the cut is done. I have never cut myself with my lighter full hollows. Only with this one and the kamisori.
At least, I will not have to answer any questions to people tomorrow thanks to the mandatory anti-covid face mask that we have to wear.

Originally Posted by Brighty83

lol (i mean that sucks) Anyway i have had a dart throwen in my leg, i would imagine that would be much the same sorta feeling as a nail gun..

I cut my left index finger of (well almost off, its re attached now) across the knuckle with a knife when i was a kid (knives aren't swards kids) but no razor injuries as of yet.. and I'm planning on keeping it that way hehe

Although if we are comparing "non" razor related scars, i think my g\f would win this one. she has a 24" (give or take) scar from under her navel to around her back and ends just below her neck from a spinal fusion...

I got shot in the leg by a kid with a 22 air rifle when i was a kid. He said that if i didn't tell i could have a go of his gun,

That pellet is still there and I'm almost 60 LOL.



About 10 years ago I was doing some remodeling of my house in Elliot Lake.
I had my table saw running after cutting some wood and reached over for the off switch. When i touched that spinning rip blade with my finger, I screamed so loud that my missus came running out, as did the neighbors on both sides.

14 stitches later i was back home. I could say i was brave but it would be a lie, while I was being stitched up i was crying like a baby. Not nice little tears but big ugly sobs with snot and everything, and I was numbed so I couldn't feel anything anyway.

Watch the area right below the nose! I was laying the blade (carefully i thought) to shave my upper lip, and nicked one of the vertical ridges just below my nose. Like to never have staunched the blood flow. Was about to head to the doc for a stitch, but finally managed to seal it with super glue after about an hour of trying. Lesson learned, and needless to say that area commands extra attention.




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Originally Posted by Laura6283

Watch the area right below the nose! I was laying the blade (carefully i thought) to shave my upper lip, and nicked one of the vertical ridges just below my nose. Like to never have staunched the blood flow. Was about to head to the doc for a stitch, but finally managed to seal it with super glue after about an hour of trying. Lesson learned, and needless to say that area commands extra attention.

I wish you to heal soon. And yes, you are right, that point below the nose is very dangerous and requires extra attention. The blade cannot touch the skin in the right angle and you have to start with the razor perpendicular to the skin. I am always trying to touch the skin as light as possible at that point.

Sorry for your misfortune. Luckily I have a moustache so have avoided that problem. Heal well and quickly.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Sorry for your misfortune. Luckily I have a moustache so have avoided that problem. Heal well and quickly.

Bob

I also have a moustache to avoid the problem. I haven't ever tried to shave my top lip, I trim my moustache right under my nose with an electric beard trimmer and I've even made the skin between my nostrils bleed with that!!

Nothing major here, but I'll tell ya. Besides the snoz, the earlobes are the next worse, when it comes to bleeding.

Done that one a few times, when not paying attention to where that square point was.

Yea, forgot the earlobes and I've nicked them a few times too.

Bob

I 've nicked in the earlobes too.
When straight shaving, speed is not our friend.