Thread: New Feature of the Advanced Beginner

Since you have and use a few barber hones, I'll point out another stupid potential mistake. When you hold a barber hone, you can either keep your hand fully open with the hone simply resting on top, or you grip the hone with your fingers. Now, if you choose the latter strategy, make sure that your thumb is BELOW the top surface of the hone! This is especially important because a barber hone is used to maintain an ALREADY SHARP razor!

Over the years, I have made that mistake twice.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Since you have and use a few barber hones, I'll point out another stupid potential mistake. When you hold a barber hone, you can either keep your hand fully open with the hone simply resting on top, or you grip the hone with your fingers. Now, if you choose the latter strategy, make sure that your thumb is BELOW the top surface of the hone! This is especially important because a barber hone is used to maintain an ALREADY SHARP razor!

Over the years, I have made that mistake twice.

I was contemplating that just last night while honing on my Swaty.

Senor Stone, you are extremely lucky that it was only
your leg that got cut!

Jeez oh dear....

Originally Posted by Utopian

Since you have and use a few barber hones, I'll point out another stupid potential mistake. When you hold a barber hone, you can either keep your hand fully open with the hone simply resting on top, or you grip the hone with your fingers. Now, if you choose the latter strategy, make sure that your thumb is BELOW the top surface of the hone! This is especially important because a barber hone is used to maintain an ALREADY SHARP razor!

Over the years, I have made that mistake twice.

Good Lord, man, I never even thought about that...the lowly barber hone can be a hazardous thing!

One of the problems with straights, IMO, is that the more experienced you are the more dangerous they become in that we get so comfortable with them that things become routine and we do them without having to think. And that's when we get into trouble! It seems that the more experienced we become, the more challenging it is to stay focused.

Originally Posted by sffone

One of the problems with straights, IMO, is that the more experienced you are the more dangerous they become in that we get so comfortable with them that things become routine and we do them without having to think. And that's when we get into trouble! It seems that the more experienced we become, the more challenging it is to stay focused.

+1

Overconfidence is the cause of most of my cuts, including the beautiful scar I now have on my cheek.

Same here... I rarely cut myself shaving, and then it is very slight. But, about once every few months I manage to cut myself during the shave, but not while shaving.

Originally Posted by goaT

+1

Overconfidence is the cause of most of my cuts, including the beautiful scar I now have on my cheek.

Did that the 3rd week of using a straight. Things were going well and literally the instant I thought to myself "hey this isn't too hard..." hello nice long slice to the dimple area.

I have the same thing, i use the straightrazor for about 6 months now. I rarely cut myself during normal shaving. The only times i got myself hurt is when i am busy and thinking about otherthings. Than i got some nice bleeding spots on my cheek.

juko

Originally Posted by juko

I have the same thing, i use the straightrazor for about 6 months now. I rarely cut myself during normal shaving. The only times i got myself hurt is when i am busy and thinking about otherthings. Than i got some nice bleeding spots on my cheek.

juko

Same here it's when I have loads of stuff on and no time thats when I get the cuts.

As for catching falling blades Well I've been a chef for over 20 years and the the first thing I was told by first chef I trained with let it fall. so now if I drop a blade my first reaction is to step away from it and pick it up once it's has stopped moving. That is going to be harsh if I drop one of my vintage straights.