Thread: Shavers Hall of Shame

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I broke an Otto Deutsch (Hans) blade sanding it with too heavy a hand. I've nicked my nostril and my ear in front of my sideburn with a square point. Also the fingers of my stretching hand.

I feel with you. Breaking an Otto Deutsch, THAT must have hurt...

Had my dremel buffing pad on,and said just one more pass and this blade will shine like a mirror and then BIFF/BANG/SNAP there goes 3/4 inch of the toe end of the best shaver in my roration,a 13/16 Blue Diamond Droescher with cracked ice scales,UUHHHHHHHHH

I don't have jimps on my blades, they're notches for scars, bites, and vampire-like activity.

I open a blade, and it emits a Bella Lagosi (Dracula to you w/ no gray hair) laugh. Some wear earrings, I wear sculpted flesh.

The first attempt to polish a blade w/ a dremel, saw the demise of a lovely little Genco Gold Seal Jr. Sigh. I love Gencos.

And for all the hacking, slashing & general butchery, it's better than prior shaves. 'Gone from costly annoyance to costly event. The costly part is the AD's

Being new to straight shaving, I expect I have a few more scars, blood donations, and foolish expenditures to trash. We're a fragile lot when it comes to staying rational.

Screw it. Rationality is over-rated - should be done in moderation.

I dropped a faux frameback that took a huge chunk out of the toe. Joe rescaled her for me; I helped out a little.

About a month ago I dropped a beautifully polished blade. I was rescaling it right after I finished the polish. I had the scales spring in my hand when the blade flew to its demise. I am almost wishing I had dropped it. I liked the scales so much that I found another blade to go in them, but it was bad and despite Glen's best efforts the pitting won out. I will find another blade for those scales yet.

-G

Well mine is just today I was finishing up with the xtg stroke and I must have gone from a 30 degree angle to a 90 degree as the blade just stopped and was embedded in my skin fist time I felt a cut and it bled decent to. Oh well a bit of neosporin will clear it up. No idea what I did.

I dropped my 8k Shapton in the sink and smashed the glass not long after I started. Very annoying!

I also fumbled my 15/16" Wacker whilst shaving and slashed my hand up catching it. Any other razor I wouldnt have gone for it, but there were only 16 of these razors ever made and I couldnt bear the thought of losing her..! Fortunately I didnt need stitches but the cut bled like crazy.

Several of mine:
Busted a Pipe Razor with a Dremel because it caught the edge. Learned to always keep the rotation of the tool TOWARDS the edge, and only use the Dremel if absolutely necessary. Fortunately it was my first try at Restoration, and I working a well-worn Wosty that wasn't really worth restoring anyhow, not much blade left on it.
#2 After cutting my face because of a steep angle of attack I learned to pay alot more attention when getting the blade to the skin. Unfortunately this caused
#3: Cutting my free hand when lowering the blade away from my face, cause my attention was still in the mirror. I almost did that again last night. Must remember the focus is on the blade at ALL times.

Originally Posted by Stubear

I dropped my 8k Shapton in the sink and smashed the glass not long after I started. Very annoying!

I also fumbled my 15/16" Wacker whilst shaving and slashed my hand up catching it. Any other razor I wouldnt have gone for it, but there were only 16 of these razors ever made and I couldnt bear the thought of losing her..! Fortunately I didnt need stitches but the cut bled like crazy.

Stu, it just makes me cringe. I could easily see myself doing both. My 15/16 is no longer available, though I don't know how many were made. The shapton? I'm SURE I'd do that.

'Very sorry. each of those would have made for a pretty bad day for me.