Thread: Respect those small blades! #$@&!!!

It seems everybody is always worried about the bigger blades, even I sometimes feel nervous on the real big ones. but to date they've been much friendlier to my face. I got the worst cut yet this morning (two actually, but one is a scratch and one is a frickin CUT!) from my little 5/8 C-Mon spike. I'd been real careful, was making the easiest of passes, straight down the left cheek. must have stopped making my "lips to the right stretchy left cheek" face or just shifted angles slightly. ZWIP, felt is silp right in. isn't it interesting we can never stop the movement fast enough. that pain to hand nerve signal is a bit slow. got a 1/4" gash. and I'm talking deep. lots of styptic, still bleeding, tissue, still slightly bleeding. wept for 15 minutes.

got a couple of pics I'll put up tonight. only later did I notice another scratch about 1/2" away from that one. not a good shaving morning. BUT it's smooth!

anyways gents, fear not the large blades, the little ones'll get ya.

Big Red

Red, a 5/8 is not a little blade in a normal sized hand!
I've got a little 3/8 Heljestrand. It's beautiful. A perfect razor, only in miniature. That little bastard cut's me every time!
Heal fast, my friend.

No doubt! My Red Imp is not imposing at all compared to some but seems to remind me of it's abilities whenever I get a bit careless! It does, however, provide some of the closest shaves to date.

Remember the Vitamin E!

Joe

Did the same the other day with a Shumate spike...bastard got me good on the left jawline...what's ironic is that i was just doing some finishing, touching-up with it. Think im about done with the spiked toes....
Sorry about your cut Red. Here's to your quick recovery.

Mac

The only razor to ever cut me was my 4/8 Bowdins wedge..twice! Left side cheek where the toe dug in.

Neither were bad, but little marks still remind me every day.

Dave

5/8 isn't small!

Damn near my whole rotation is below 5/8.

Heal up fast.

Red, was is the spike's point that cut you or somewhere else located along the edge?

I have both spike/square points and round points and shave with both kinds. I like them all. Some people love spike points pretty much exclusively.

I gotta say, I can get away with much more using my roundpoints than I can my spike points. I'm just sayin. Maybe it's being able to get away with a sloppier technique? Maybe.

Chris L

Those spike points are murder. Good luck on the healing, neosporin and steri strips are your friend.
crom

Same here. My worst cut when starting out was with a 4/8 blade. I think it is because it is much easier to get the angle too steep without realizing it, compared to bigger blades.

Originally Posted by RayG

Same here. My worst cut when starting out was with a 4/8 blade. I think it is because it is much easier to get the angle too steep without realizing it, compared to bigger blades.

I agree, I found that I was having to be much more attentive about keeping the razor at an angle, and with a small blade it was much harder to judge, especially if your last shave was with a considerable larger blade. Guess I wasn't attentive enough though.