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I still see the scar from last time.. :tameshigiri:

Youch.

Right in the most sensitive part of the finger too... Sorry for you dude. :o

Just so you know, I'm a UK ex-pat living on the island of Borneo. You'd think it would be easy to find retro stuff, cut-throats and all that here. Nope.

We're behind the marketing curve but only...

Thanks for the replies and encouragement :)

My current plan goes something like this - gonna buy a fairly cheap one, maybe a 'gold dollar' or something, grind the edge butter-knife blunt, then...

OK, I'm feeling guilty now; I don't mean to put anyone off...

It strikes me that many of the nastier injuries are not from shaving but from careless handling of the blade, so there's that?
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Are the Feather or Dovo 'Shavette' things any safer, regarding deep gashes? Obviously they will still cut but are they as bad when it comes to cutting off fingers or other precious parts?

I've...

Wow.. all these are really seriously giving me 2nd, 3rd and 4th thoughts about going for a SE...

Might just start off with a DE and see how that goes :(