Thread: Watch your fingers!!!

Yup. It's not unlike running material through woodworking machines: you have to watch your fingers and the blade(s). Lack of concentration can cause lack of fingers. Shaving with a straight razor is not so potentially dramatic, but it can cause some nasty cuts if you don't keep your mind and eyes on what you are doing.

good shaving, and this used to be followed by my signature which is now hidden to all. I kind of like this anonymity: I just might be that masked man, with the silver razor.

I hear ya!..a few night ago I was pretty darn tired after working out..I thought to myself "ill go for a straight shave"..why not?...I ended up nicking my left cheek somehow with the round tip..ugh I thought to myself..then I realized I will for sure make myself "fully there" when using an UN-guarded piece of steel...
It's kinda right of passage to say the least though

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Originally Posted by Bruce

<snip>good shaving, and this used to be followed by my signature which is now hidden to all. I kind of like this anonymity: I just might be that masked man, with the silver razor. <snip>

Nah... yer just Bruce!

Havent got the finger yet, but i have this uncanny ability to cut my left cheek with out ever noticing! basically I lift my razor, admire myself in the mirror, loose track of the razor, and turn my face right into an all too happy to be there razor. 99% of the time I dont even realize the lil girl kissed me. Then I get to my office and someone is more than happy to point it out...

Originally Posted by alb1981

Havent got the finger yet, but i have this uncanny ability to cut my left cheek with out ever noticing! basically I lift my razor, admire myself in the mirror, loose track of the razor, and turn my face right into an all too happy to be there razor. 99% of the time I dont even realize the lil girl kissed me. Then I get to my office and someone is more than happy to point it out...

So what sort of looks do you get when you tell your work "friends"
that your little girl gave you a kiss and thats why you cut your face

So what sort of looks do you get when you tell your work "friends"
that your little girl gave you a kiss and thats why you cut your face

That is too funny!

i got my finger good only about 2 weeks ago, the cuts from razors seem to heal really fast though! I almost can't tell I ever did it now!

Originally Posted by alb1981

Havent got the finger yet, but i have this uncanny ability to cut my left cheek with out ever noticing! basically I lift my razor, admire myself in the mirror, loose track of the razor, and turn my face right into an all too happy to be there razor. 99% of the time I dont even realize the lil girl kissed me. Then I get to my office and someone is more than happy to point it out...

I always get the right side of my face, right on the cheek and within a 20mm radious with my square points due to a wrist I broke when I was a kid, I can't rotate it much and I obviously dig the point into my face... I actually have a cut that's healing at the moment! Lol

I really should switch hands when I use the square points buts its become a habbit now, or I could mute tthe point lol

Originally Posted by Brighty83

I always get the right side of my face, right on the cheek and within a 20mm radious with my square points due to a wrist I broke when I was a kid, I can't rotate it much and I obviously dig the point into my face... I actually have a cut that's healing at the moment! Lol

I really should switch hands when I use the square points buts its become a habbit now, or I could mute tthe point lol

Last year I cut my thumb down to the tendon switching hands because I was thinking too much about my technique. It took four stitches at a walk-in clinic and the doctor was laughing at me while he was sewing me up. I had to agree that it was a dumb accident but if anything I was concentrating too hard. The biggest factor in my improvement since then is that with practice, what I need to do has become more instinctive and I don't have to manage an army of thoughts while I'm shaving.