Thread: Buying a cut throat for my father.. Not sure if its a good idea.

A small knick from a razor can be stopped with alum blocks fine. No worse than a paper cut. You can use the new skin liquid bandadge for anything that takes over a minute. T he warning is more for someone who is at risk for deeper than cutaneous or second pink looking layer of skin. Someone who does like woodworking or a mechanic who runs a risk of subcutaneous cuts, the last deep layer just above your fatty tissue. It will be fine.

+ on Charles advise to ask a doctor....better safe than sorry!

It might well be that he chooses to just keep it, as a collector knife or something like that. He should check with his own doctor about any such concerns, but as mentioned, I don't think shaving cuts are a major threat - they are among the most sterile type of day-to-day injury that humans sustain, and there are no major opportunities for blood loss.

Even so, everybody should know and respect the straight razor blade for what it is! Gotta be careful when stropping, etc., because whipping that blade around carelessly and absent-minded movements when holding it is when a serious cut somewhere other than the face will happen.

What is he shaving with now? Has he cut himself? Most of the time the cuts from a straight are small weepers that are handled with a styptic pencil. I would still check with his doctor. I hope he can join our party.