Thread: Ouch, At Least It Was Sharp!

I just had a "6/8 Thiers-Issard, Medaille d'Argent, 1931, 69 Garanti" honed and sharpened by Larry Andro. The shave with this newly honed razor was outstanding. With little effort, the razor glided across my face, easily removing even the toughest of stubble. As I finished my shave, I thought to myself, "This razor should probably be in the A+++ category."

Then it happened. I noticed a few stragglers underneath my left ear. I smoothed a little shaving cream on the spot and then successfully completed that final little touchup. Holding the razor in my right hand and looking in the mirror, I noticed a spot of remaining shaving underneath my ear. Without thinking, I moved my left hand up to remove the shaving cream and, in so doing, ran the little finger of my left hand the full length of the blade.


The blade was so sharp that I thought I had escaped fate. But no, that little tell-tell line of red appeared. No big deal. Out came the styptic pencil. Then the blood started to really flow. The cut was much deeper than originally thought. After soaking two paper towels with blood, the cut seemed to start closing. I put Neosporin on it and wrapped it tight with a large bandaid. Being a shaveholic, I kept thinking to myself, "I sure hope I didn't mess up the edge of my razor."

Heading off to lunch, I was reminded of something 96FirePhoenix said, "straight razors... paper cuts down to the bone."

My final thought of the day is, "In shaving, the left hand should always know what the right hand is doing."

Happy Shaving!

Great warning to all. As is oft repeated here, never become distracted while shaving. Think, and think solely about the task at hand. :-)

Done something like that, but with a brand new exacto knife when I was younger. Just as you described it, cutting through plastic, went straight through and into my thumb, buried deep. Nothing happened at first and when I took the blade out, the blood just started welling up.

Working around sharp hobby knives, and kitchen knives my whole life, and IVs as an EMT, I learnt young to always know where the sharp/pointy edge is. And if it's not put away safely you should be using it. If you're not using it, it should be put away safely.

Well now that the bleeding is stopped (hopefully). The important thing here is how is the edge? Seriously though, Hope your fine. My older brother cut his pinky finger years ago (not shaving) with a fillet knife. Nearly severed it and now has limited use due to tendon damage. I do hope this is not the case.

I really hope you didn't nick your tendons :/

However, luckilly it was cut with a razor and, if there's no tendon damage, heal up reasonably well.

the level of focus and concentration to be able to shave oneself with a straight, day in and day out , and NOT slice and dice is truly epic.It takes just a microsecond of lost concentration and blood can flow. truly a manly way to start the day. heal fast )

Just cleaned, added some Neosporin, and re-bandaged my little finger. It is already healing very nicely. I did have to be really careful as I cleaned it because it wanted to open and start new weepers.

Luckily, the cut was on top of my pinkie on the bone of the first joint so I didn't hit any tendons. Other than a dull, thriving ache, it moves without any problem. I have a type of Psoriatic Arthritis that has eaten away the cartilage in the joints of my fingers so they already move a little slow and painful. Fortunately, my normal pain medication for arthritis helped me to weather this little mishap.

Tomorrow, I will be sure to put the razor down BEFORE I start wiping away any excess shaving cream. Lesson Learned!