Thread: Starting to get the hang of it then bam!

So on shave #14 with the straight, things have been OK certainly not BBS, but no cuts. Well been trying XTG passes and ATG and it goes OK but the XTG on my upper lip I found out how sharp my blade is on my lip! First good nick with the straight. Thank you styptic pencil.

Been there and done that . Happens to the best of us sooner or later. Letting the darn spot heal, shaving around it, is the most painful part for me.

We have all done it.
Check out the cut of the day thread.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/shavi...0-cut-day.html

Standard operating procedure.

Start off very careful, get careless, oops, back to being careful..... We've ALL done it, and some of us even re-visit the whole thing down the road for some odd reason. <sigh>

Remember, keep a recent photo for the surgeon and... "Chicks dig scars".

Regards

Kaptain "I wonder if straight razors were the original *bleeding edge* technology?" Zero

I used to have an upper lip :<0)

Is it just me, or am I the only one to notice? OP cut upper lip on an XTG (across the grain) pass? Upper lip is a down stroke (WTG), and for the daring, an up stroke (or fool's pass, ATG). Seem like a tight area for an XTG stroke. Just a thought.

i do sort of a modified XTG there since almost day one, it sort of goes from the upper lip towards my ear

I go XTG in my mustache area too. I get a crazy rash when I go against the grain, so cross just finishes it off for me.

Ahah! That explains it! I have always had a moustache, so I never shave there.... ever, unless trimming or testing my honed edges.

If I DID shave that area, I don't think I'd go against the grain. Too darn easy to lop off my nose, and then where would I stick it?!?!?

Regards

Christian

Although I use a SR for the primary passes, I often use a DE for the cleanup pass. I was using a short handle TTO DE when the shutters partially opened causing the blade to loosen. This resulted in a nasty nick at the edge of my upper lip. I decided to let my mustache grow out until the wound healed. Although the cut is fine now, I have not yet shaved the mustache, now at three weeks growth. It has been 45 years since I last sported any facial hair.

BTW, the TTO has been replaced with a Parker 98R ultra heavyweight, long handle, three piece DE; I love it. It is I have large hands, so no more short handle razors, especially TTO, for me.