Thread: Stupid Razor Tricks

Originally Posted by JMS

... which is why I always say that you need a wide open concentration as opposed to a tightly focused concentration.

That's a great line, I'll be using it with my trainees. Air traffic control trainees, that is, not shaving ones.

I'm sure lots of the fellas' here have done that. I was concentrating on my lower sideburn / top jawline area once and I nearly cut my earlobe off with a roundpoint. Lots of styptic! You sure about that picture?

I feel for ya. this morning I was about to put blade to neck and was moving closer to the mirror, only to bump my elbow into the mirror and just touch the skin of my neck (Near the artery) with the razor. A word of warning that I will heed in future. No blood...this time.


Mick

Originally Posted by Lynn

I did that once............................just once!!!!!

I'm thinkin' it was the alcohol in my case...
Have fun,

Lynn

So let's see if I got this straight. On my best day now, I'm about as good as you were stinking drunk.

Sometimes one is too focused on the trees to see the forsest.

shaving with a st8 razor is learning how to shave all over again, dont let your old shaving mind set function while tryiing to shave with the st8 or you will get and draw

Originally Posted by flyman

Actually I have a follow up that just happened this week- I was about to shave halfway down my cheek and I had my face contorted in a smile fashion as I laid the razor down for a stroke. Just then, I realized I wanted my skin stretched the other way, so I contorted my lips over to toward the other side to stretch the skin the other way. only problem is, I forgot to lift the stinkin razor off my face- slice! My wife told me I look like like a German Baron! Luckily, it didn't cut deep enough to leave a scar.

Done something very similar.

Put the razor on my cheek and realised it wasn't quite where I wanted it and took it off my face. Not sure what I did but I must have put a bit of forward pressure on the razor and lo and behold a nice straight one inch line of red on my cheek.

I have got myself twice now with what I wiil call mirror confusion. You know when your shaving and its pulling and you want to change the angle so your looking in the mirror, go the wrong way and stand the razor right up against your face. Nothing that will leave a scar, yet anyway, give it time.

Originally Posted by flyman

Actually I have a follow up that just happened this week- I was about to shave halfway down my cheek and I had my face contorted in a smile fashion as I laid the razor down for a stroke. Just then, I realized I wanted my skin stretched the other way, so I contorted my lips over to toward the other side to stretch the skin the other way. only problem is, I forgot to lift the stinkin razor off my face- slice! My wife told me I look like like a German Baron! Luckily, it didn't cut deep enough to leave a scar.

Sounds like your honing and stropping are improving!!!!!!

There was a time when I was really concentrating on the blade and I sliced right through a bunch of whiskers.