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06-01-2011, 07:49 PM #1
My first real cut.
Still psyched to have successfully honed a razor from near-bread-knife up to almost HHT sharp (only my second attempt at honing), I tried it out for a second shave today. It went really well, I've got a much better idea how to use this razor (and straights really are significantly different than those Persona replacable-blade straights) and how to make shaving foam. I tried adding a little jojoba oil to the soap, but I felt it killed the foam a bit.
Then I started cleaning the razor and it slipped. Got a nice long cut on my left thumb, right over the first knuckle.
Working on these things has changed my brain wiring.
My thoughts went something like this.
- Ow.
- Oh crap, I hope I don't need to rehone it now.
- That's a lot of blood.
- I don't think the razor is sharp enough, it stung a little.
Once I got the bleeding to stop I dabbed on some superglue. It works just as well on living skin as it does on the dead keratin in horn scales.