Thread: How often do you cut yourself? Be Honest...

Originally Posted by murf

Yep. I'm a couple months into SR shaving. The other day I was discussing this with my neighbor and he asked me how often I cut myself. I told him I haven't seen any blood in several weeks. Should have kept my big mouth shut, because the next morning I was doing extra touch up chasing BBS and touched down on my cheek while moving the razor lateraly. My worst cut yet. Not terribly deep, but about 2" long. I've had to shave around it the last couple days.

The times I have been cut have nearly always been on the second pass or trying to do a little touch up.

This is one of my main reasons for doing one pass shaves. If the blade is right, a one pass will nearly always yield a DFS.

It's been good for a while but get over confident and the SR will bite. Touch wood no major bites so far. I do a 4 pass shave daily so chances are better than average that I'll get a cut but it's part of the game.

Bob

Got a little nick yesterday morning whilst attempting an XTG pass. Didn't feel anything until I saw the blood. Once dried, I saw a 1cm vertical cut. This morning I re-opened it using a DE.

[knock on wood] A little more than two years ago. And I don't miss it.

Originally Posted by rolodave

The times I have been cut have nearly always been on the second pass or trying to do a little touch up.

This is one of my main reasons for doing one pass shaves. If the blade is right, a one pass will nearly always yield a DFS.

I do 3 passes with a little touch up on my neck everyday. If I would have stopped there, I would have been fine, but I was feeling particularly confident that day so I decided to see just how close I could get. The funny thing is that I almost never do any touch up above my jawline, but this day I was getting the side burn area one last time when BANG. Horrible feeling slicing your face! Thank god it wasn't deep. Only a slight bit of blood that needed no assistance to stop, but I do still have a nice 1 1/2" - 2" red line across my cheek. It's pretty faint now and should be gone before the weekend is out.

I almost forgot just how sharp the edges on these razors really are. It'll be a while before have to remind myself of that again though.