5th shave was a sad shave

the shave itself was ok. the blade doesnt feel as sharp as the first but i equal that to my noob stropping and very bad quality strop. really cannot wait until the new one arrives. with my previous shaves I have been trying to work out the best way to remove the lather from the blade. tried wiping it with a towel but was worried that I might hurt the edge, also tried swishing it (carefully) in water in the sink and also by running it under water. today I was running it under the water.
(some of you are most likely already cringing as what has most likely happened)
well yes, it did happen!! just as i was rinsing the last bit of lather from the blade after completing my shave, I hit the tap!!! on top of that because I was bringing the razor up to inspect it as I was turning off the tap, it hit the tap right on the side of the very edge of the blade near the heal and slid along the edge for a fraction of a second making me almost collapse with the shared pain of my razor.

the end result, two very slight chips in the edge

looks like a re-hone :banghead:

I gentlely wipe mine on a moistened sponge. Something to think about.:gl:

second the sponge! i keep my razor out of the water until the very end, when it gets a quick dip to get the lather off... and then thoroughly dried and stropped.

I did that too. It happens. I stopped using the faucet for awhile after that incident. Now I just try to remember to point the spine towards the running water and angle the razor to let the water flow over the blade.

I wipe the blade with my finger then rinse my finger. Never cut my finger yet!

I'll hone the blade free if you need me to. Pm me.

Michael

I did the exact thing too a few years ago. It somehow feels better to know you aren't the only one...

I still use water running slowly into the sink to rinse the blade. This is mostly due to a complete lack of counter space on which to perch a sponge or towel or similar. However, after having nicked an edge that first time, I now find myself being extremely (!) careful of the edge and have not come close since.

The good news is that it honed out beautifully and I was able to chalk up another wet shaving learning experience. :)

here's the damage :gaah:

Oh heck, that's not too bad. OK, it's not *good* but compared to the chunk I took out of mine, I think you can be confident that it will hone out nicely.

That's not too bad, a rehone will fix

I rinse mine under running water and also wipe on a towel... I just need to remember to be careful to keep the spine pointed at the faucet :)

G'Day Nick.
The damage doesn't look too bad.
I have always just 'swished' the blade in the sink to remove the lather.
The one thing I make sure of is the the spine is the only part that can make contact with the sink ie. upside down (so to speak).
If you want to spring for return postage, I'll touch it up for you - gratis.

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Originally Posted by mjsorkin

I wipe the blade with my finger then rinse my finger. Never cut my finger yet!

I'll hone the blade free if you need me to. Pm me.

Michael

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thank you for the offer but I think ill try to stick with someone in Aus (keep the cost down as I'm now an even poorer uni student from all my recent shaving aquisitions lol)

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Originally Posted by Havachat45

G'Day Nick.
The damage doesn't look too bad.
I have always just 'swished' the blade in the sink to remove the lather.
The one thing I make sure of is the the spine is the only part that can make contact with the sink ie. upside down (so to speak).
If you want to spring for return postage, I'll touch it up for you - gratis.

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I think I will definitely be using a wet sponge of towel from now on. As for your offer, I may take you up on that! I have a balsa strop with paste coming with my new poor mans strop within the next week or so and was thinking to try that and see how it fares. I read in another post were glen/gssixgun mentioned its worth a try but then also said that he has never tried without a stone.
I also really need to stop spending all my time on everything shaving as I have assignments coming out of my ears and have literally run out of time for some of them :-S

this may mean a few weeks break from the straight road...sigh.

I'll be back!

I know how it feels, Nick - I've got 6 x assessments for my TAE waiting to be done as well.
Whenever you are ready just PM me for my details.

I've read to many horror stories on hear about chips and cracks in razors from hittin the sink, taps etc when washing lather so I make a point of Turning the blade upside down so the spine touches the sink bowl then vigorous left to right motions to remove the lather, I figured that the spine of the razor having contact with the basin does no damage to the razor and it's easier to polish a scratch off the spine than re hone due to chip, one more tip as I learnt the nasty way, If you drop the razor no matter how much you love it leave it fall as it won't thank you for catching it.