Thread: Eyes closed

Not sure why, and its not done intentionally, but I sometimes close my eyes while shaving. I do this mostly when positioning the blade under my nose at a near perpedicular (90 degree) angle as I prepare to take those hairs with a little finesse stroke; or when lifting my chin to come up my neck. Of course I see that I am well within the ball park before I close my eyes, but then its lights out. I guess its muscle memory coupled with idiosyncrosy...like sticking your tongue out. Its also possible that I get better feel when I dont rely on sight. Anyone else?

Then again, maybe I'm in the zone, or perhaps my jedi traning is paying off.

May the force......
Yoda

The force in this one is strong......

Maybe it has do with tactile senses and your sight may be inhibiting it.
Late for work, and can not further explain this right now.

I can't see the back of my jaw, under my ear, when shaving. And, because I am somewhat lean, to shave there I have tip my head down and stretch the skin downward. This even more moves me out of any position where I can see what I'm doing. So, I was forced to shave there non-visually. Well, I found that switching to other senses than sight didn't slow me down as much as I expected.

Since then, I have also purposefully not used sight when shaving certain regions. I am in no hurry. But, plan on being able to shave entirely from non-visual cues.

Reminds me of learning to type, forcing myself not to look at the keys.

certainly I cannot see some areas I shave, and I have done an entire WTG pass with out a mirror. I don't close my eyes intentionally though.

The only reason I didn't use a mirror is because I was on holiday, I was trying to use a small mirror but the angle was wrong and it was throwing me off. It was much easier to shave with out one. I don't think I would do this on a day to day basis though,

While I have closed my eyes while shaving due to eye irritation on hot days and I can not always see the blade while shaving certain areas, shaving with your eyes closed should not be encouraged or recommended due to the obvious risk! It's easy enough to cut yourself with your eyes wide open. Shaving with your eyes closed is only asking for a serious injury.

I don't close my eyes, but there is always a blind spot here and there. If you are proficient with the straight, then you should now how it feels and let that guide you.

Pabster

We had a member who was legally blind and really you might not realize it but most shaving is done through feel anyway. For a while I was trying to do a complete shave with out looking. I never got that far but I got pretty close. What I did is my shaving area has a dimmer switch and I just gradually decreased the light slowly over time until it was almost dark. (key word almost)

Originally Posted by Deryan

The force in this one is strong......

hilarious!

I would have to go shave to figure out how much I'm not seeing but I can tell you this, I shaved with my dominant hand for over a year. I was doing fine and every time I tried to switch to the left hand I would give up in short order.

I'd put the razor in my left hand, look in the mirror and get discombobulated and say the hell with it. Then Danny Wonderful posted that he learned to shave with the non dominant hand by practicing while watching TV.

So I did that for a few days and tried again. I got the same results when I looked in the mirror so I looked away. I felt the razor go where it was supposed to be and then looked and had no problem continuing the shave. Now I'm getting pretty good at shaving left handed and no longer get confused with placing the razor while looking.