My first shave after shoulder surgery

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11-04-2006, 07:11 AM
JLStorm

My first shave after shoulder surgery

Well...it didnt go so well :( The shaving part wasnt very hard, but I think I dulled an edge pretty badly while trying to strop. I asked my wife to hold the strop while I actually did the stropping, and unfortunately a few times she let it go slack and really caused me to use some real bad angles on the blade. Luckily I didnt do any damage to the blade and didnt nick the strop. The real crappy part is I cant even use a pasted strop to sharpen the razor (which is one of my favorites) right now because of my one arm...but ohwell.

Luckily I bought a very moppy brush from Lynn a few months back and that has made lathering and applying lather MUCH easier. Scotts mug is also a great weight for using one hand to lather. I find it much easier to shave with wedges, and I am up to 3 now, well...2 since I killed the edge on one lol.

Other than that the shave was successful, still managed a great 3 pass shave with no cuts and very smooth skin, and the large classic shaving alum block makes post shave shave very easy. I also have a squeeze bottle of coral skin food which I can apply well with one hand. So all in all I would call it a success, although I'll have to work on the stropping.
11-04-2006, 07:35 AM
FiReSTaRT

WTG Josh. And in a bit, you'll be back to normal :tu
11-04-2006, 07:54 AM
JLStorm

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Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

WTG Josh. And in a bit, you'll be back to normal :tu

Hey...Im pretty sure thats the first time anyone has ever used the words Josh and normal while referring to me in the same sentence lol
11-04-2006, 08:20 AM
FiReSTaRT

That's b/c in this case, "normal" is a relative term. :cool:
11-04-2006, 08:50 AM
xman

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Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

That's b/c in this case, "normal" is a relative term. :cool:

Ouch!

Maybe it's just a new level of patience, Josh.

X
11-04-2006, 11:36 AM
RichZ

Hey I think I'm normal and a few people might disagree with that..:D
11-04-2006, 12:26 PM
mparker762

Oh no, you're perfectly normal*.

* For sufficiently small values of "normal"

:-)
11-04-2006, 05:44 PM
JLStorm

whew...I was worried for a moment that my shoulder surgery might have ruined me in some way.....but I guess not lol :w
11-04-2006, 06:19 PM
JerseyLawyer

The first step in your shaving therapy, Josh. Hopefully next time will go better. And I'm glad there was no serious damage done to you or your razor or your relationship with your wife.

Maybe you should use a lighter razor? ;)
11-04-2006, 06:29 PM
JLStorm

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Originally Posted by JerseyLawyer

Maybe you should use a lighter razor? ;)

Blasphemy will not be tolerated in the Church of Josh...we only worship large heavy razors here!!!....hmmm I wonder if I could start my own religion and then make my razors tax deductible as they would be for religous worship :hmmm:
11-04-2006, 07:03 PM
JerseyLawyer

Quote:

Originally Posted by JLStorm

Blasphemy will not be tolerated in the Church of Josh...we only worship large heavy razors here!!!....hmmm I wonder if I could start my own religion and then make my razors tax deductible as they would be for religous worship :hmmm:

:bow :bow :bow

And then you can deduct your shave den as a house of worship.