Thread: Bloodied

dont scare the poor feller ive knicked myself a few times its all part of the game my old square tip loves to dig in when you arnt giving it the full attention it deserves. its all part of the game the nickes will be less frequant as you learn your face more and more

Never did the earlobe, but have caught my upper lip doing an ATG pass when I was first learning!! Lesson learned

I posted a couple pages back about how I hadn't really cut myself with a straight in 3 months or so. Apparently I didn't knock wood fast enough, because today I ended up giving myself a nice little slice on my cheek. Guess I was just going to quick and didn't lift the blade fast enough at the end of a scything stroke.

The good thing is that it didn't hurt at all and it stopped bleeding almost immediately once I got some cold water and styptic on it. At least my styptic pencil purchase is finally justified!

Originally Posted by BarryC

Well, after three, ever improving, shaves, I finally got my first nick...on my EARLOBE. Didn't even feel the touch, but there was the scarlet rivulet that told me of the deed. These things are tres sharp! The flippin' stypic (sic) pen hurt worse than the nick. Bled like a stuck pig for about two minutes, and since I didn't pass out from blood loss, I finished the shave. BTW, the cut might have been a sixteenth inch long, so no fencing scars....yet.

You're in good company. If you're like I was, you are trying so hard to get everything right that your thoughts are interfering with actually performing the shave. Take it from a klutz, as you gain experience you'll think less, shave more, and get better. When that occurs you'll feel a great sense of accomplishment and share your experiences with new people just getting started.

The square points always get me. I cant seem to shave with them without going to work looking like Ive been in a sword fight

Yeah, some friends here gave me the idea that maybe I should dull the blade on the tip a bit. I can't do that. That just seems like cheating to me.