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

Not for years... Except the time I dropped the razor and caught it in mid air.. Not a smart move.... I did have a kid at work that i turned on to straights that would come in and look like somebody threw a cat at his face...

Originally Posted by Wintchase

Not for years... Except the time I dropped the razor and caught it in mid air.. Not a smart move.... I did have a kid at work that i turned on to straights that would come in and look like somebody threw a cat at his face...

Brilliant quote

I started with a Shavette and that cut me everytime I went near it! The Straights are a lot more forgiving and I (touch wood) seem to be honing my technique daily and now rarely see blood. The first time I use my wedge, the 90 degree point dug in deep. That will be a reminder for a long while yet. Like lots of members have pointed out, you need to CONCENTRATE and think about what you are doing. I have, also , sliced my ear. Not to the point of needing it to be surgically reattached, but I did feel stooopid.

Usually when I think I've finally mastered straight razor shaving. Just get a little to big for my britches.

Not counting knocking the head off the occasional blemish, once in awhile I'll give the ear a little nick with a spike point, but never had a real cut....unless I was shaving with the DD Goldedge...I've shaved with that blade 6 times, 4 times it cut me nicely on the cheek, 5th time I started to make a first pass and then thought better and grabbed a different razor, and a couple of weeks ago, did a 3 pass shave with it and called it even...it sits in a box now - forever.

Got myself on the neck today... That's what I get for trying to answer my daughter's question mid-shave!

Sometimes (1 out of 3) I get away with not one nick. Went for a dozen shaves without one and felt that I had graduated to a new level... and then had one to three nicks on every shave for 8 shaves! Lol ugh! I think a big factor is my level of calm... if I imagine myself as a samurai or a monk and go all Zen, then I do much better. Coffee makes me jittery so no.. and make sure the kids are not distracting me, that's a bad one! When I hear dad screamed from across the house that's a for sure nick!

Originally Posted by feltspanky

Usually when I think I've finally mastered straight razor shaving. Just get a little to big for my britches.

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.

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