Well, it finally happened today. I was looking forward to the day's shave as usual, maybe a bit more so today. I had just received my soap from Mama Bear and I had a new No 1 Dubl Duck to try out. The razor looked as if it had never been used. I got it from the one and only Bob Keyes, aka Altima55. If you don't know, he's probably the best vintage razor seller on Ebay. If your lucky enough to win one of his, you know your getting something worth while, practically new in most cases. My prep was the old hot towel, followed by Castle Forbes pre shave. I mixed up some Mama Bear "Spellbound Woods" in my SRD Bowl. Nothing but her soap, I wanted to see how it lathers up. I have to say, I was impressed. It did a good job all by itself, without any help from Glycerin or "Kiss my Face" shave cream.
Anyway, I stropped up the duck on my Tony Miller 3" Red Latigo, 50 laps, followed by 10 on my Honey Leather solingen. The soap did not dry out, it was still on my face, but I still did a second coat with my Rooney super badger. I'm over the sink, on my first pass and I dropped the razor, my biggest fear comes to life. I often thought about it, but it never happened until today. Bad enough that my mint duck hit the porcelin sink, It managed to take out my left thumb on the way down. It was a direct hit with malice. It looked like a scene out of one of the SAW Movies. There was blood everywhere. The whole time, I'm thinking, God, I hope the razor's OK. It would suck if it got nicked...I know, I have a problem. Then, I'm wondering, "How am I going to hide this from my girl?" I dont' want to hear, " I knew it ! I knew you'd cut yourself one day.....So, after the carnage,
I've got a golf ball size bandage on my thumb as I type. Let's hope this is the last time I try to decapitate my thumb....:chop:
P.S. If your wondering, The duck is OK....:rock: