Thread: JUST HOW DANGEROUS IS A STRAIGHT!?

Depends on how many Margaritas I’ve had.

Like Loueedacat I will steal the cliche. Straight razors don't cut people, people cut people. It is like a gun. If a person learns and uses safe gun handling they will not have accidents with a gun. I would venture the same goes for a razor. Not saying you won't get a nick but that isn't dangerous IMO. You probably won't even get that if you read my sig line and follow the advice as I have.

Originally Posted by xgenra

I asked the clerk how bad it can get, and he told me bout this guy that glanced his cheek.
this guy got about 3 or 4 stitches.

my old man gave my brother a straight before joining the navy, they took it from him. and ya, I dont think sweeney todd flicks help much.

as far as drunk drivers being more dangerous....Ive heard a small percentage of all total accidents are from drunk driving. So isnt the real problem the sober drivers? I'm not making any kind of point. Its just something I wonder about.

I bet the 4 stitches hurt more, and left longer lasting marks than the cut itself. And the over zealous medics had probably opened the wound up wider first to clean it.

Re drink driving, I got annoyed by anti-drink-driving adverts that were clearly quoting meaningless statistics, so I looked up some figures direct from the UK Government websites. I compared the percentage of accidents that involved drink drivers, against the percentage of random breath tests that passed positive. This is a meaningful comparison for gauging how dangerous drunk drivers really are.

It turned out that the percentage of accidents that involved drink drivers was LOWER than the percentage of random breath tests that passed positive.

This is especially surprising when you bear in mind that the "percentage of accidents that involved drink drivers" is skewed higher by the fact that you are testing both drivers when 2 or more vehicles are involved.

I won't tell you what to conclude, but next time you hear a drink drive statistic ask yourself if they are making a meaningful comparison, or even any comparison at all.

I do have a point. There are lies, damned lies and statistics.

Originally Posted by xgenra

I just had a quick conversation with my ma and older brother about straights.
They are both totally against it because of the danger factor.
has anyone here ever cut themselves with a straight? and if so, how bad?

Well now, son, the answer to your original question, "How dangerous is a straight?" depends on how dangerous YOU are!

Me, I can be dangerous with a straight, a golf club, a Glock, a knife, a pen (mightier than the sword, y'know)...even a cucumber if it comes right down to it.

I are one dangerous lady!

I've gotten worse nicks from my "safety"-razors than my straight razors.
Just take your time and be careful.

I always put mine away safe when there are visitors or children in the house. It worries me that the natural things kids do is feel how sharp an edge is. Razors are not for playing with. Other than that,...............

Originally Posted by mlangstr

In one of my first shaves with a shavette I looked like a cat attacked me.

I've been there on the last part of that sentence, when a half-grown cat sitting on my chest suddenly got scared--OOOOUUUUCCCHHH!

Also, our cat who had to be put sleep last year...when he was a tiny kitten (weighing 1 pound), one time he actually climbed up onto the bathtub side, looked at me soaking in the hot bathtub, and then stepped out onto my chest and curled up there!!! You talk about being scared, sitting there soaking with a kitten curled up on the top of my chest...

Anyway, not to hijack the thread or anything...

Let me guess how the warnings in the original post went. Something like this, right? "Oh, you don't wanna ever go near one of those old-fashioned 'neck-slicers', did you know your third cousin Eddy's best friend's neighbor's boss once slashed his neck CLEAN OPEN with one a them things? Bled out INSTANTLy and for years afterwards there was a big, brown stail ALL OVER THE FLOOR!"

Originally Posted by xgenra

They are both totally against it because of the danger factor.

No more dangerous than a Red Rider.

Ralphie: "No! No! I want an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!"
Santa Claus: "You'll shoot your eye out, kid."

Cutting oneself with a straight razor is far from being the most dangerous thing about straight razor shaving... no... not at all... with careful shaving, respect for the blade and your face and careful learning, you will surely do well without much blood spilled...

No the real danger, and I mean REAL DANGER, is for your wallet... no, seriously... if you get stung by the RAD bee, infected by the HAD disease, or bitten by the SAD dog, or worse by all of them, you will learn the real meaning of the word DANGER.

Even the dark side of the Force is meaningless when facing any shaving AD related problems...

You have been warned!

A straight razor treats right the straight razor shaver, but can harm other people.

So, store the razors away from kids and people in general. This is dangerous for them, not for you.

Aside from one small scar, which the females seem to like, my only harm is on the wallet, like Ockham said.