Sidney kidney,

I am fairly new about a year and a half into this but i learned quick after about a mont. I did the same thing I now put a bathroom rug under the door where my strops hang and now they have some cushion when they hit and I have not had that probklem again.






Quote Originally Posted by sidneykidney View Post
I was stropping.

I don't know how it happened or what I was thinking. Maybe I wasnt.

I dropped the razor.

I had three thoughts as my very first and favourite blade went tumbling to the floor.

1. QUICK! Try to catch the razor before it hits the floor and breaks! Do you want your very first blade to get chipped? Catch it!

2. DO NOT TRY TO CATCH IT! Do you like your hands? How would you like a quick visit to the hospital to remove said razor from your hand? How would you explain that one?

3. Oh the razor is headed to my bare feet!!! Quick! Jump out the way!!

I decided to opt for the third option. As a result I am able to write about this to you now because I am not in hospital with a blade in my body. As a bonus I inspected the razor closely. There are no chips or nicks at all. That said I havent shaved with it yet so i'll go and do that now and tell you all what happens.

Sometimes life throws you are curveball and you realize how lucky you are to have things the way they are. This is one of those times.

EDIT: I mis-named the thread. It should read 'Today I did what all straight razor shavers DREAD'. Doh!