Bad idea of the day: Shaving with knives
Yep...
I've always been good at sharpening knives, and after a recent 4 day trek with my fiancé in the Green Mountains, our knives needed sharpening. As usual, I brought them up to 2500 grit on wet/dry sandpaper on top of a mousepad--I prefer a convexed edge on outdoor knives since it holds an edge the longest when processing wood (chopping, batonning, etc.)
I followed that up with a stropping on black compound, white TI compound, .5 CrOx, then leather. That's my standard knife sharpening ritual. It always is amusing for us to shave each other's arm/leg hair a little once our knives are scary sharp... Yes, she is that awesome. She likes knives, guns, hiking, and camping.
Anyway, I decided why not try it on my face? I lathered up and shaved one half of my face with the Mora Bushcraft and the other with the Ontario Blackbird. Only one pass each, WTG. The shave wasn't good, but it was definitely better than my first shave with a straight razor. Hopefully I'm not a giant ingrown hair factory tomorrow.
As I was shaving, just feet away from my dozens of artfully crafted precision shaving instruments, I had to laugh at the sheer absurdity of the situation. These are primitive tools in comparison, and the edge geometry is precisely what you DON'T want in a shaving instrument. But still, I had a passable shave and I've had worse sting from my homemade bay rum after shave (high alcohol content).
Maybe I'm losing it, but it was fun. Something I certainly won't do again, yet strangely satisfying. I'll let you know if my face still exists tomorrow. I hope my idiocy was at least a source of entertainment for y'all.