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Been shaving with a straight razor for about two years now with no significant problems. This morning, shaving in front of a fogged mirror, let myself get too close to the mirror. Razor handle hit the mirror and razor bounced back slicing open my chin. How retarded. Lesson learned- alum doesn't stop all bleeding.
I did that same thing about five years in - tapped the mirror, that startled me & I pulled my head back.. along the blade edge. That's the only time I really cut myself. Oh, I had my share of nicks and weepers as I learned and still get the occasional "dot" but that was the only real cut. After all these years I can still remember feeling like a doufus and, worse, displaying my doufosity to my friends and co-workers for about a week. "What'd you do to your face?" Grrrrr!
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Tack
I've got about an inch and a half cut all along the bottom of my chin. Took forever to stop bleeding but isn't too noticeable unless you are shorter than I am. I was eventually able to finish shaving everything but that area. Should heal in a few days or so.
You should post it in the cut of the day forum. The worst cut I have ever had was from a DE. It was a gillete travel razor and the handle is very small and my hands slippery from some lather I didn't rinse off. Well it slipped out of my hand when I was shaving my upper lip and hit my chin on the way down. I thought I was going to bleed for the rest of my life and I couldn't shave that area for about a week and a half. Needless to say I haven't touched that DE since.
Those that have made dumb moves. Those that will again. Fortunately, my strops have taken the worst carnage. Heal quickly.
I know the feeling. A momentary lapse of concentration, blade coming in too quick and too steep an angle...
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Hey - chicks dig scars, especially when you tell them how you got 'em....
I put a slice in the side of my nose the other day; I was trimming the corners of my mustache and wasn't paying attention to where the other end of the razor was at.
Stupid moves happen.
I have probably cut my nose more than anywhere else. To me thats the worst area to cut.Quote:
Originally Posted by HNSB
Up until this morning, I thought I was invincible. Minor nicks and cuts, yes. Never a real bleeder. Oh well.
Two nights ago I did my first straight razor shave. I managed to finish without any nicks or cuts and just as I was done for some odd reason instead of moving the blade away from my face I moved it towards my face and touched my cheek with the edge. It was just enough to cause a perfectly straight red line about an inch on the side of my face. Really irritated myself because I managed to SR shave the first time without any incidents but cut myself when I was not even making a shave move.
No problem, if people as about it, tell them it's a dueling scar....Quote:
Originally Posted by ericd
I can't say that I've done the dreaded mirror tap, and TBH I can't say I've even imagined it possible lol
These days I might get a decent nick once or twice a year, for the usual reasons.... lack of concentration etc. :rolleyes: The funny thing is, and I've been saying this for a long time, the worst SR cuts I've had have been on my fingers. Now THAT makes you feel stupid :rofl2:
Things I learned in this thread:
1. Don't shave with a foggy mirror.
2. I'm glad my eyesight is good enough I don't need to get close enough to a mirror to risk tapping it.
3. Now that I've opened my big mouth, I'll be susceptible to sudden blindness and my exhaust fan going on the fritz. :p
I thought of you this morning. I leaned in towards the mirror for the first time ever - trying to get a close look at razor vs. whiskers at lower lipline. As I glanced the handle nearing the glass I suddenly stopped, thought of this thread and decided I didn't need to see whiskers that closely. Sorry for your cut but thanks for sharing the heads up.Quote:
Originally Posted by dcaven
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Dude... coulda been worse. You coulda been "manscaping" instead of just shaving your face.
No pictures???
It didn't happen.....
My cat likes to watch me shave and for the first year it was fine one day she decided to rub into my elbow while I was coming down my right check inch and a half deep cut and now the cat doesn't watch me shave been three years since that day lesson learned
