How do you use a styptic pencil?
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How do you use a styptic pencil?
Never anymore, but there is always one in my Dopp and in my cabinet at home edit : apologies I can't read I thought the question was how often do u..... * pours another Jameson
Wet the end and dab directly onto the cut. I prefer the roll-on nick treatments, such as the one made by Pacific (Bed, Bad and Beyond sometimes has it). They don't leave a residue, which the styptic pencil does, and seem more effective for me.
Wet it, put on nick or cut, say "damn that stings" or other words of your choice, repeat until bleeding stops or SWMBO decides to call an ambulance.
Look what I found hiding in the Library,,,,,,,,,,,:shrug:
Styptic Pencil - Straight Razor Place Library
Don't worry about no blood stoppers like that. Do it the old fashioned way when men were men and put dabs of toilet paper on their faces to stop the bleeding.
Actually Cousin Festus swears by a little dab of cow flop.
Yeah !!...Down here, Norman Gunston aka "the little aussie bleeder" uses t.p.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
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Nice combover...dead sexeh !!Quote:
Originally Posted by bongo
Paoraso's stryptic geo is nice because after it does its work it dries up and can be peeled off like TP. For my stryptic pencil- wet the tip, apply, curse.
Lots of memories of Dad with the little bits of TP, Thanks
~Richard
Just used a stypic for the first time today. Unpleasant but, I'm not bleeding anymore.
Buy them at Wall Mart, one will last a couple of years if you don’t get them wet with your fingers.
Pick a small drop of water in you sink and dab the drop, the tip will drink it up, then dab you cut, may take a couple dabs on your cut to stop the bleeding.
Wipe clean on tissue or tp. Store in a dry place.
Like said above just wet the end and kind of paint it on the cut, until a) it stops stinging and b) it stops bleeding. You may have to wipe the residue off when its dried. Clubman makes a huge styptic pencil for a reasonable price, i.e less then WalMart. It will last you for life..
Correction...It should last you for life. I know a guy locally that is about through one in 8 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER
His face must love him :rofl2: I guess I should have stated it should last you for a life because as you said Splashone some people go through them quickly. That's quite impressive though!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Splashone
He told me about his first shave in which he filleted (probably should have gone to the ER) his cheek. He does have quite a scar...Plus unknown to me, he is on blood thinners. He described the scene as, the bathroom looked like I had slaughtered an animal in there. My chest was covered in blood.
Got to give him credit for perseverance though, He is still using his straight!
I went to Walmart a few days ago and bought that mammoth styptic. I figured if I get shot I'd just duct tape this beast on the wound, lol.
I've got a pretty large pile of quikclot. The powdered variety from when I was in the Army and some roll on gauze from my current job. I figure that should work right?
Thankfully I never had to use my Quikclot while I was in, so I don't know from experience; but I'm pretty sure that stuff, when activated by moisture (i.e. blood), starts a chemical reaction that cauterizes the wound. No way would I use that stuff on minor cuts. Might have been good for the guy that filleted his cheek, though...Quote:
Originally Posted by BearRae50
Honestly, unless your face is close to coming off in two....I would never put quick clot anywhere near your eyes. That's a bad day, my friend. :tameshigiri:
Yeah that's what it does. The powder burns like crazy and left a little scar where I used it. Haven't tried the gauze yet, but trust me I will.Quote:
Originally Posted by roden011
Edit: didn't use on my face, it was my wrist in 2003.
I've only just signed up and I must sound like a Proraso fanboy (I use the extra sensitive soap and the pre-shave for pre/post) but I love the Proraso anti-bleed all over the place gel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy77
On Sunday I was drying my Baurmann straight after a long shave session, testing out my kamisori hone, and I lazily went to change how I was holding the razor to dry another area and I clipped my left index on the heel of the blade. Got a 1cm'ish cut but after rubbing the gel on it kinda stopped bleeding at a small sweetener tablet sized spot of blood, after washing and another small application of the stuff I'm left in a state where it might be sore but the situation could have been much worse without the magic blood stopper.
if i use toilet paper how do i get it off without opening the wound?
Wet the toilet paper with water, it'll disolve.
