Thread: JUST HOW DANGEROUS IS A STRAIGHT!?

Its amazinging how fast you can feel a cut.

Originally Posted by Vashaver

Its amazinging how fast you can feel a cut.

Exactly. This also relates to what Robert (Papa Bull) said. Just go slowly and carefully, and you will most likely feel the razor bite before it does any damage more than a nick.

There have been some youtube videos showing folks shaving rather quickly and with a nonchalant attitude. It would do you well to watch Lynn's youtube video, to see the pace at which someone who has been doing this for 30 years shaves.

+ 1 to papabull

I think the term "cut throat razor" gives it a sense of danger straight away. When I got my razor first, I collected it from the post office on the way to work and everyone wanted to see this dangerous cut throat blade.They stared at it in awe and admiration I prefer to call it an open razor.I started out with very shaky hands although they are not so bad now.I just hold the razor with two hands sometimes if I feel the shakes coming on when I do my chin.I have had more cuts with a disposable razor than with an open/straight razor.

Originally Posted by RayG

It would do you well to watch Lynn's youtube video, to see the pace at which someone who has been doing this for 30 years shaves.

Good point, RayG.Lynn's dvd is a valuable source of info.

Chances are anything that would leave a mark won't happen while you're shaving as long as you keep track of where your spike point is. The odd nick is possible, of course, but what's a nick among friends? Certainly nothing to cause alarm.

Most straight "horror" stories come from cleaning or restoring straights, when caution is key- particularly if you're using power tools in the process. Abandon your fears. Embrace the straight.

I have straight razors on their rack in my "shave den", on my dresser, on my desk, in my tool bag and in the shop. They are all behaving perfectly civilly. I watch them surreptitiously in the event that their overt behavior might be an act but they remain docile. I have been in possession of at least one straight razor continually since I was sixteen years old, 34 years ago. Not once have I observed any aspect of a razor that left to its own might be considered dangerous.

In the same house with my razors lives a polydactyl orange tabby named Mr. Toes. http://straightrazorpalace.com/finer...t-mr-toes.html This cat has on many occassions, without provocation attacked me, biting and scratching without mercy. I have tried to avoid him but he lies secretly in wait and runs at me from all sides clearly intending to do me bodily harm.

My conclusion is that Mr. Toes is infinitely more dangerous than a houseful of straight razors.

Originally Posted by icedog

I have straight razors on their rack in my "shave den", on my dresser, on my desk, in my tool bag and in the shop. They are all behaving perfectly civilly. I watch them surreptitiously in the event that their overt behavior might be an act but they remain docile. I have been in possession of at least one straight razor continually since I was sixteen years old, 34 years ago. Not once have I observed any aspect of a razor that left to its own might be considered dangerous.

In the same house with my razors lives a polydactyl orange tabby named Mr. Toes. http://straightrazorpalace.com/finer...t-mr-toes.html This cat has on many occassions, without provocation attacked me, biting and scratching without mercy. I have tried to avoid him but he lies secretly in wait and runs at me from all sides clearly intending to do me bodily harm.

My conclusion is that Mr. Toes is infinitely more dangerous than a houseful of straight razors.

Perhaps Mr. Toes is exacting his revenge for being paraded around in stylish PJs!

Originally Posted by rsrick

Perhaps Mr. Toes is exacting his revenge for being paraded around in stylish PJs!

I like to think Mr. Toes likes his PJ's.