So...I am talking on the phone early this morning, post stropping my Eskiltuna 32...I decided to do a HHT on a smallish hair whilst cradling the phone and talking...you can see where this is going. The blade was sharp....enough to slice a nice "u" through the part of my left index finger below the nail. Zero pain, I didn't even pause my conversation as choruses of "idiot" ran through my head. I poured alcohol in the wound, put direct pressure and stopped the bleeding with a tight bandage for a shower and shave...got dressed and stopped at the health unit where I worked to ensure things were ok. The nurse who checked me out seemed a little bemused and confused on how someone could cut themselves on a razor. She asked me if it was new. I told her it was from ca. 1930....she shook her head and the doctor came in. Young guy, fresh out of the Army. He checks out the cut and tells me it won't need stiches, gives me some bandages and ointments...but asks me if he heard the nurse correctly that I had cut myself on a straight razor. I said yes, expecting some "why would you use that?" comment. He said "And I thought I was the only guy who used one of those!"
A nice conversation ensued and I sent him a link to this site. Funny, small, bloody world, eh?
Oh, and the MK 32 shaved like a dream. Nary a nick on the face either, I might add!
