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Have not had a shave like this in a long time.. And hopefully longer before it happens again!!
No matter how many years or how many shaves you've done in your life that bad shaves do happen..
Cant blame on razor because I used a Bartmann 504 that when used last week felt like the whiskers just wiped off..
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Damn it! Forgot to rotate the pics.. Oh well easy to see my mistakes:)
Oh boy, not nice at all. :dropjaw:
Bob
You’re so nice to them and they still bite you. Stupid razors!
It took a big bite out of you. Wow!
Yes it did take a bite.. The Crime Dog would be proud :)
You cant see but have a number of weepers on neck and opposite jaw line.. Put the loupe to the edge after and looked fine...Is a head scratcher because I've never has an issue with the razor and really did have a nice uneventful shave last week.. But it is something. Not as experienced as a lot of you guys but certainly well beyond making these these scars...Off to the stone for you!! Damn Razor ;)
Dont laugh at my stutter.. Very self conscious..
Occasional blood letting helps reduce blood pressure and excess iron in the blood. When done with a straight razor it also increases humility and sharpens focus.
It’s a good thing.
A few weeks ago I caught my ear with tip of blade. Bled like a pig. Like you say no matter how many shaves it will happen. Had some real beauties in 30 years.
Wise words of wisdom... From DZEC. I like it so you cet a Thanks from me sir..
I too cut myself a month ago. Not nearly as bad as you did! But I cut myself. The wife asked me how my shave was as she likes to ask now and then. I told her I cut myself. She wanted to know if we needed to go to the hospital as she knows my razors are extremely sharp. It wasn't that bad. Bleeding stopped after a couple of minutes. I'm thinking that one will leave a mark.
That's funny.. In the beginning my wife was scared to death that I was going to cut half my face off :)
I think we sometimes forget exactly how sharp we can get our razors.
I most often cut myself when I’m not paying close enough attention to what I’m doing.
Yesterday I was using tissue to clean out the pivot end of the razor after shaving and just touched the open blade to my index finger. Didn’t feel much and didn’t think I had actually cut myself until I noticed blood in the sink.
Nice thing about cutting yourself with a sharp razor is that it stops bleeding reasonably quickly and doesn’t leave much of a scar - usually.
It happens to the best of us.
You are using an incredibly sharp instrument on your face and neck and do it so frequently you don't even think about it and then one day like all workman around dangerous tools and items zowee it just happens. Usually it's so fast you don't even realize it.
Bouschie I was in front of the mirror holding pressure onto these couple cuts and reminiscing about how i received these scars.. Most of my good ones are in the chin.. Taken some divots off the chin for sure..Story about cutting your ear brought me to my very first ST cut. Had been DE-ing for a while so soap and brush was no problem..I did half my face and with my newly acquired Dovo Best raised up, shaking like crazy and tried slowly to get to my sideburns area.. After this I am not even sure what I did or how for that matter but all of a sudden I feel a little pinch or bite right on the tragus of the ear.. Pulled back and because it's mostly skin over like a cartilidge a little bit
Of blood started and then it just started flowing! Upon reviewing while changing tissue I had damn near cut base to top of flap and quite deep.
I still dont know the progression it took the razor to cut that but it did not stop
for a number of hours. I seriously had doubts about ever being able to use a straight razor after that.
Speaking about that Dovo Best I think the cut I received on the ear from that might have been the best cut I ever got from that razor :) That blade did not play nice and was glad to ship it away.
I just looked up what a Tragus was. Didnt know the ear had so many parts to it and someone named them all.
Yeah Jerry there sure are.. I remember in High School taking Anatomy.. Wait I'm going to retract, no I do not remember in HS taking it but I know I did.. Been many years passed since than.. And a few years later I had to take College level A&P.. Much different :) But when we got to Ears and the Eyes I was just so blown away on what it takes for your ear to work.. Absolute Marvel to this day. So intricate with these tubes and canals. Nerves,little hair fibers etc, etc..How the ear processes everything to send signals to the brain.. Its like what!! Its like WTF!! And the eyes are the same for me.. Just look at anything and stop for s second and ask yourself.. How does this happen and what is the eye doing to where its producing a movie at all times!!! The complexity of the human body and how it works the way it does is so effing fascinating to me and I'll never stop being amazed by the human body..
Scott W
Anyone who claims to shave with a straight and never cut themselves is a liar, except for me of course ;)
I concur on that statement above..
Always look at the bright side of things. This cut could be a great conversation starter.
"Hey dude, that's a huge gash."
Yeah.., you know I shave with a straight razor. Smoothest shaves ever but an occasional cut is a fair price to pay IMO." &c., &c.
I prefer to say something like, It happened while tackling a fleeing bank robber with sharp fingernails.
Those physical wounds that some end up with through the path of life are a great template for some good old story telling.. And the bigger the scar the bigger the story..
I was in an accident about 13yrs ago and my lower part of left leg didnt fair well against steel.. For around 14-16 months after the accident it was a rotating door through the surgery unit.. After about 5th surgery and more on the way I turned to my wife and said that's it the next surgery is taking this leg off and we're not turning back its forward time. Next surgery left lower leg amputation and 63 days later I jumped out of that plane at 18,000ft and while floating down on a gorgeous July day o
Looking out at crystal blue Lake Michigan and other side the postcard picture views of the rolling landscape of inland northwest lower michigan.. I said welcome f#%king back!! Jesus! Sorry guys I went way off topic there..
Back to it.. I have some buddies that use this story almost everytime for 12yrs when someone new will see me in my shorts and prost leg.. The story goes that I started poking around a.Hells Angel's otld lady even though these 2 had warned me not too.. But me being.the dummy I am I didnt listen.. After leaving Cali it was a few months later that I got a surprise few visitors in the porch it was time to pay the piper so to speak.. But I was lucky because instead of the reaper it will be much better with lifelong reminder who I fucked with :) And at this time it's almost always omg they cut your leg off!! And how they did it my buddies have changed up baut it is mostly everyone there got to curb stomp my leg with Crazy Carl,Psycho, Snake and whatever other name---- they came up with who's old lady had hooked up with..
And no joke it's probabbeen told about 30-35 times and it is like watching kids being.read a story...I promise you I am not making this up.. It has worked on every single dude and probably about 4 women have called Bullshit but a good story.... It has no doubt been helped by the fact that both my buddies are great story tellers and I play along with it quite well also... Holy crap I sure didnt plan on that going for so long...Sorry.guys
Too small and not heroic enoughQuote:
Originally Posted by 32t
Try saying it happened saving a vestal virgin from a rabid gang of 20 hardened escaped convicts.
Yep. They'll getcha. Got the scars to prove it.
From your facial expression, one could hardly be blamed for thinking you are proud of your wound. You look joyful, positively ecstatic. Be careful. I hate to think of the consequences of a serious shaving cut addiction. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TCMichigander
Give yourself a matching cut on the other cheek and you can start repeating: "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
My goodness, were you and some buddies going four wheeling and you decided to freshen up a bit? Thats a nasty bite.
I just now came back here and looked at those pics for the 1st time since post.. From some of your responses I thought well we all get ourselves every once in a while but no biggie... And then I looked and said Holy Sheet!! know i get it.. From my angle of shot and turn of the head that damn thing looks as though I filleted a 5inch surgical cut!!
I'm sorry fella's but it was a pretty good divot from the top and the rest is the blood trail down from that.. I have to say I for sure would not have such a no big deal or proud look on my face.. Certainly a novice compared to a lot of you guys but have at least a 1000 shaves in and if I had actually sliced myself that bad I would have put the straights to rest and went to DE's..
My bad... Be safe and healthy all..
Scott W
