Thread: Another bad cut not me the razor

I've got a similar razor, a Case, that always "bites" me.

You'd think we'd learn to just put that one to the side when there are other options, but I end up picking up that one just for the challenge...

Sorry to see your wound. If the razor is sharp, cuts arm hair, then the next thing I would look at is my technique. Have I properly prepared my face, is there sufficient amount of whetting agent, soap, that will lubricate the blade and allow it to pass over my skin w/o snagging? I suggest that you try some hair conditioner on your face and see if that might give a better result. Strange that you got cut on the neck, my area of greatest difficulty is my upper lip and both sides of my chin.

Keep at it and above all, have fun!!!

Originally Posted by Utopian

Sorry, but it is you. Whether your razor is ultra sharp, completely dull, or anything in between, the only way you can cut yourself that way is with improper technique.

+1 - it is always you. Even the choice to use equipment that might not be shave ready or good for your skin or good for the razor is still you. No difference between shaving technique and choice technique. Both are developed over time.

I'm wondering if it has a bit of a wire-edge somewhere. Just thinking...

I think ill send it out in the next batch i have honed and go from there. Thanks Guys

I hope this post comes out right and doesn't sound demeaning or prideful as neither is intended.

But exactly how do you get a cut like that? again, not intending to sound degrading at all as I really am trying to learn this stuff myself but your technique would have to be waaay off to get cut like that I think. In my very limited experience, if my pressure or angle is even way off it only results in a nick perhaps 1/8 inch long and not very deep.

Perhaps you have a burr on your razor or something similar? how did it get so long without hurting like crazy?

I don't want to add fuel to the fire but there is one simple bit of proof that the problem was his technique and not his blade. That is, he only has one cut. If there had been something so terribly wrong with the blade as to cause that extreme of a cut, then he would have had more than one cut.