Thread: Stupid move

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...

Originally Posted by dcaven

...Razor handle hit the mirror and....

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.

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