Thread: I Hope This Never Happens To Any Of You

Originally Posted by Hydaral

Has anyone used a square point without nicking their ear or nose?

so far I haven't nicked either one, knock on wood. I thought my french point Joseph Rodgers would give me fits, but it hasn't.

Nope. never...

Well, actually I am in my 50s, and being a man am not vain in the least. And, I had never actually looked "under" my skinny jaw in a mirror, and didn't notice that I had the starting of a hanging jowl. Only about 0.0005 millimeters vertical hang distance. But, when starting to shave with a straight, I did manage to slice that baby pretty good!

Oh yeah, something similar to me twice, I think. The second one wasn't as bad, but still very embarrassing.

That second time I cut my... Nose. I was shaving, and then my mom said something that didn't make any sense which made me laugh. I then wanted to pull the razor away from my face, but it ended up in my nose. It sounded kind of like this: "HahahahURGH...... Darn."
First time I put an alum block on my nose.

The first stupid cut was kind of risky though. I was shaving my throat, and I wanted to remove the razor from the skin and move it to another part. I did that with a rather uncontrolled movement of my arm, which made me stab my razor in my troat. There was no resistance at all as the razor kept on cutting diagonally up until it had reached my chin, where the razor exited the skin.

It didn't bleed as much as I thought it would. It was a relatively superficial cut. I'm glad it was :|

I think most of us here have done similarly; I know I have. Oddly enough it was with the easier pass - WTG. I was shaving down my cheek and the heal of the razor caught the edge of my mustache causing the blade to go sideways. I simply wasn't paying enough attention to what I was doing. Sigh... I rubbed it in the dirt and finished my shave.

Thanks everyone for "being with me" on these ego thumping moments. It's good to know I'm not alone if and when I bleed. This thread has got me thinking. Maybe we can have a permanent place on our forum where everyone, noobs and Veterans, can place their razor wounds and stories. It could be used as a tool to show noobies that everyone draws blood from time to time. And thus keeping their confidence up, especially when a senior, mentor or mod gets involved. Well, it's just an idea. thanks for the support fellas -Johnny

Originally Posted by JohnnyCakeDC

Thanks everyone for "being with me" ...

So, you actually thought these silly things happened to us? Just trying to make you feel better, chap!

Originally Posted by LarryAndro

So, you actually thought these silly things happened to us? Just trying to make you feel better, chap!

Ok, you got me laughing

I also had a dumb experience. My advice, always know where your hands are in relation to the razor's edge. I was rinsing a straight under the sink faucet and when I shook the blade it accidentally hit the side of my left pinky finger cutting it wide open. A trip to the emergency room led to 5-stitches. The doctor said it was a deep cut but missed the artery and tendon. It was a painful, dumb thing to do. The razor was so sharp that I wasn't fully aware of the wound until I noticed blood draining into the sink. Be careful folks when you handle your razors.

well as i noticed at my first shave my ear is much to close to the face (take a guess)
second time i was extra careful untill i noticed the left ear is just as close

I feel for you man, it completely ruins your shave. I've done similar though not quite as bad, just at the end of a shave through being clumsy. Hasn't happened in a while but when it did i was like 'please no!' after it happened, then the slit turned red half a second later. Bet the alum killed it