Thread: Does even Str8 razor experts can cut themselves ?

I'm no expert but here's my take. When I have a stressful day ahead, I still use the straight. But when I'm really tired or sick, I use the DE. I don't drink but I can't imagine using a straight after a hard night of drink and having a bitchin' hangover. Horrors!

Havachat has a really good point. Different blades will behave differently, and I too have found that the most likely time that I will cut myself is the first time I have used a newly restored blade. I don't know if it is the different weight, size, edge geometry, a combination of all the above, or something else entirely, but for whatever reason my first time using a new blade seems to be higher risk.

I do have a few spots on my face( frown line and bottom of my sideburn) that if I don't remember to stretch I'll cause a nick. They usually stop bleeding by the time I finish shaving.
Usually happen when I rush or when using a 'new' razor.
I think of them as good reminders that I should keep taking that aspirin each day.

I've been using a straight for over a year now and yes, I still cut myself from time to time. I mainly notice it when I am tired or in a hurry. So, for those times, I use a DE razor. I also use a spike point occasionally and it gets me almost every time.

Im not the expert Here on the site but i do consider myself one of the few local experts. And i do cut myself from time to time.
Oh wait Nathan (maxi) moved into my area. So i guess i lost my expert status.

Colin

Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

Im not the expert Here on the site but i do consider myself one of the few local experts. And i do cut myself from time to time.
Oh wait Nathan (maxi) moved into my area. So i guess i lost my expert status.

Colin

You just need to re-define your area. For example, I am *the* preeminent straight razor expert in my area (defined as my living room) at the moment.

Hell Yes! Four times tonight and I've been shaving with a str8 for almost 5 years. I'll pay closer attention from now on........

After almost a year of using a straight, I get nicked no more often and probably less often using the straight. I get less irrtation with a straight. While learning early on, I sliced my face good a few times, but these healed leaving no scars. With a DE, I have never gotten more than a nick. Keep conscious of the exposed edge at all times and equally conscious of the location of any body parts in motion. I switch to a DE alone only when rushed , not fully focused, or the shave is not going well as expected. I use a DE for final cleanup after getting all I can with the straight.

I am just a spert but I have this theory that is working very well for me. Yes in the beginning I got a few cat scratches a week. Then I started to be very careful and the only time I cut myself was if I left the styptic pencil in the cabinet or if I got a new razor, or if my honing got a couple of notches better. The it dawned on me....If I treat this thing with the respect I do my firearms maybe I won't hurt myself. So far so good. I think after reading mine and everybody Else's story you will see it can happen and clearly why it does. What I haven't read yet is a solution to your problem. If you want to go to a straight do it. If you don't have the confidence to do it before a meeting save your old way in the drawer and use that. You won't but it might help you see for yourself why most of us would never go back to the trac's and mach"s and what ever. :<0)

P.S. Slightly used styptic pencil for sale ! It has stopped bleeding and hidden cuts very well for me. You will be happy you got one.

Originally Posted by Magpie

I cut myself with the straight only as often as I cut myself with a safety razor. of course, accidents CAN happen even to the best of us.

Ok but the problem is i dont even know safety razor so can i have an idea of the frequence i must imagine ?