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

I usually only get small nicks when shave testing a new blade.
Having said that I really did some damage the other day when my right hand didn't know what my left had was doing and I cut both the middle and third fingers quite deeply.
Bled like a b#$%ard but has healed well.
Gotta stop rushing and enjoy the shaving experience.

Its been 5 years since I last cut myself. But I did stop using a straight about 4 1/2 years ago.

Actually, I have taken some vacations from straight razor shaving - just shaved often enough to keep my technique up and my hand in it. But yes, it has been 5 years of off again/on again straight razor shaving since I cut myself. But it was a doozy from someone opening the bathroom door and having it slam into me while in mid stroke. The amount of blood was not something I would like to see again in this lifetime.

I have to agree...I really don't cut myself very often. More like a 'nick' every now and then. I think it is because as you become more adept at it, you can almost feel the 'change' that's going to result in a cut, and you just STOP! It's almost like a sixth sense of sorts. And also, you [second nature kinda] know how much (or little) pressure to use. It's all about fine tuning your technique. And someday, when I have it all down, it'll be just in time to die [lol]!

And, after giving it some thought, I think the only time when I occasionally nick myself is when I change razors to a very different one in size and shape, i.e., a square point 7/8 to a 5/8 with a sweeping smile.

I thought I was in a goth forum for a minute when I saw the thread title. It's a trick question though, the answer is not often! Every half a dozen or two dozen shaves I do mow down the top of a sneaky pimple, which brings a dot of red color to the surface (is this the weeper? We need weeper illustrations and how-tos in the wiki, I think)

Other than that I did cut myself a few months ago. It was the first time I sliced into my face since I was learning how to shave with a straight razor, which was four years ago. So I guess that's my answer in expanded form

I'm still dwelling on this subject...and must admit to not exactly cutting myself, rather I kind of pushed the blade deeply into my chin. I even remember the day, 5 Oct., 2011. It happened when my dog went crazy at the window while mesmerized by a squirrel, and he caused me to jump. The result wasn't a slice, instead, more like a deep pushing of the blade into the skin across my chin. And since my heart valve surgery six years ago, I'm on a high dose of coumadin. If I could have sold my blood that day I would've been a wealthy man! My xwife even said to me "wow, that looks really deep."

Been shaving for a little over a year now. Knock on wood... I have cut myself twice. Once about a month after I started shaving, and the last time about 2 weeks ago. Neither cut was very deep, just enough to be little more then "bleeders". And both times was in the exact same spot. I will mention that my beard grows in a swirl on my left cheek, so shaving east to west it goes XTG most of the time, but this one spot is ATG. Other then that, I never even really get bleeders at all. With a DE razor though I have pink lather.

Nathan