Thread: "Nicks" vs. "weepers"

Seems to me that weeper<nick<<cut<severed appendage.

I'm not entirely sure there is always a difference beyond severity. A drawing motion will often result in a cut or severed appendage, but some cuts/nicks/weepers seem to be the result of filleting flesh to varying depth (cuts being the deepest).

Perhaps others see it differently?

I actually get neither. I have cut myself about twice in the two years I've been shaving with a straight; and both times it was due to moving the blade down rather than across my skin. I do have very smooth skin, and I don't have to worry about shaving my chin or top lip (I have a moustache and soul patch and beard thingy) which I'm sure makes the whole deal a lot easier. I wonder if you have bumpy skin? I'm thinking if you DON'T have bumpy skin, then if you get weepers every shave, there may be something in your technique that needs improvement...

Originally Posted by Ryan82

I'm sure a group could be started here at SRP, but I won't be joining. I'm cursed with a thick, fast growing beard paired with sensitive skin. Though tough leathery skin would be nice for other reasons too - in a pinch you could use your cheek as a strop

its fast thick fast growing beard here with insensitive skin here, im curious to know how others like me shave and what beard prep methods they follow if they do at all, and im not sure how to start a group.... well that omits the need for a travel strop should anything happen ill just glue some strop leather on my face.!

back to topic. use no pressure and hopefully none will afflict you

I almost always get those weepers. Even got them when I still used cartridges. At the moment I'm using a DE (Merkur 33C) with Feather blades. Just this evening I was shaving. Put some Ylang Ylang oil on, whisked up some lather and got to work on my face. Until I noticed not just one or a few weepers, but easily 8-10 of them on my jawline, all on the right side. Though it didn't really hurt or sting, they did cover my jaw in red, bleeding quite a lot.. I'm new to traditional wetshaving and my skin is quite sensitive, but that did take me by surprise!