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.


  1. Ow.
  2. Oh crap, I hope I don't need to rehone it now.
  3. That's a lot of blood.
  4. 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.