Thread: How do you...?

Originally Posted by Quick Orange

Bert, I don't know what to tell you. Dorm+straights=nicked blade and thumbs for sure. The only thing that keeps people out of your stuff in dorms is a lock, so you might check out boxes that you can lock, then toss in some silica packs like some people talked about in my storage thread.

I didn't have a problem last year with people touching my possessions. Then again I didn't have anything that was too unique. I have a collection of playing cards, but we all play with those... I also have the most powerful PC in the university... But it seems they're all a bit afraid of what it can do...

Yeah, I read your post on storage (also replied in it, I believe). I kept what that person said in mind. Next time I saw silica packs, I grabbed 'em! So I have a few silica packs, I think... Not realy sure if they're silica packs since it's in chinese...

Lucky you. When I lived in the dorms, my room was like a train station. People didn't have any problem walking in, playing my guitar, borrowing my stuff. I always got all my stuff back, but they couldn't exactly kill themselves with it either.

the only thing thats ever dissapeared from my dorm room was a fleece blanket. It was the night of a big party. A girl was drunk and walked into my room, liked my blanket and took it. I asked around and eventually got it back. That girl is now my girlfriend

Originally Posted by edk442

the only thing thats ever dissapeared from my dorm room was a fleece blanket. It was the night of a big party. A girl was drunk and walked into my room, liked my blanket and took it. I asked around and eventually got it back. That girl is now my girlfriend

And still steals the blanckets

Lucky for me my wife and daughter will not get close to my razors. Somehow I ended up with a bathroom to myself (smaller one of course). So I have all my stuff out with no worries.

I also have the restoration projects out if anyone wants to see one. Sharp but not razor sharp.

Originally Posted by DwarvenChef

And still steals the blanckets

Isn't that the truth

You know, Bert raises a good point. We should be more than 'careful' leaving our straights in the open for anyone to touch. We should be litigiously aware! If someone were to come across your blades in the dorm and have an accident, and knowing the US penchant for litigation, I'd say you're finding yourself on the wrong end of a lawsuit. And it's just a matter of time.

Apart from anything, I really wouldn't want anyone to hurt themselves. Until I got into straight shaving and this forum I never understood what razor sharp meant. Now I have total respect for the edge. If I drop a blade, I let it fall all the way. No way am I going to try and catch it. Others will not have learned that lesson.

I think you have no option but to keep them under lock and key. Better to spend a few minutes extra using alcolhol and tissue to get them really dry and locked away than to cause someone an injury (and face a potentially financially crippling lawsuit).

And adding a notice? All that does is tell the lawyers you KNEW the item was a potentially dangerous one and yet still chose to leave it unsecured.

Originally Posted by majurey

You know, Bert raises a good point. We should be more than 'careful' leaving our straights in the open for anyone to touch. We should be litigiously aware! If someone were to come across your blades in the dorm and have an accident, and knowing the US penchant for litigation, I'd say you're finding yourself on the wrong end of a lawsuit. And it's just a matter of time.

Apart from anything, I really wouldn't want anyone to hurt themselves. Until I got into straight shaving and this forum I never understood what razor sharp meant. Now I have total respect for the edge. If I drop a blade, I let it fall all the way. No way am I going to try and catch it. Others will not have learned that lesson.

I think you have no option but to keep them under lock and key. Better to spend a few minutes extra using alcolhol and tissue to get them really dry and locked away than to cause someone an injury (and face a potentially financially crippling lawsuit).

And adding a notice? All that does is tell the lawyers you KNEW the item was a potentially dangerous one and yet still chose to leave it unsecured.

Yeah, I had already thought about what would happen if this would actually go to court. I mean not only if someone got injured but if my razor was compromised and I had to enforce the payment. I found out a few weeks ago that we have a family attorney, not sure what kind of attorney he is, but I thought he might be able to assist me legally on what I should do. Unfortunately I lost his contact. He's only called our house once and apparently he usually calls my parents' office number or their cell... I suppose I could ask my parents about his contact... But they don't know I'm straight shaving...

But anyway, I was thinking that I would not only have to add a "Do not touch" sign, but a lot of literature about why they can't touch it (cutting themselves and/or breaking the razor). But it wouldn't be a simple explanation like, "this is probably among the sharpest tools you'll ever encounter," but a really in-depth explanation. Then I realized how long that would be, and people most likely wouldn't read it... And I still wouldn't know how I would stand in the court of law. If someone here was a lawyer and could provide some advice, that would be great!

I think I'll get some wood from Home Depot or somewhere, make a box, line it with foam, put a lock on it, have some silica packets in there, wash the razor with 100% isopropyl (or marvacide) and finish it with tuf-glide.

Originally Posted by Berticus

I didn't have a problem last year with people touching my possessions. Then again I didn't have anything that was too unique. I have a collection of playing cards, but we all play with those... I also have the most powerful PC in the university... But it seems they're all a bit afraid of what it can do...

Yeah, I read your post on storage (also replied in it, I believe). I kept what that person said in mind. Next time I saw silica packs, I grabbed 'em! So I have a few silica packs, I think... Not realy sure if they're silica packs since it's in chinese...

Lets see, they are afraid of you computer so they play with your RAZOR. OK…

Mason