Thread: Safety First

It's been said before, but it bears repeating.

Yesterday I gave myself the worst cut with a straight razor yet. That's not really saying too much since it's really the first actual 'cut' I've recieved from one. (When I say it like that it sounds like it was the blade which was responsible for the cut and not myself)

As I was working on that difficult spot on my neck just above my jugular vein where the hairs grow flat against my skin and straight out to the side, where I have to use three or four different angles to catch them all, I was switching razor positions with my dominant hand and moveing my stretching hand as well that the stretcher (my left) got ahead of the shaver and I rapped the first knuckle on my index finger with the edge, giving myself a nice centimetre long cut running from behind my finger nail to cover the knucklejoint. I've nicked myself once or itwce and barely felt it when it happened, but this one I felt instantly. Kinda like bee sting. Here's a picture of the wound after 36 hours of healing.

Watch what you're doing guys. I'm sure they can get worse than this when we're not careful.

That looks painful, Xman. Those finger cuts can hurt. I should have read your post earlier - cut behind my ear again, trying to rush and not paying attention...

James.

X, fingers are highly exposed to contaminants, so if I were you, I'd take the following steps:
1) Just before going to sleep, clean it with alcohol and peroxide. Clean it well.
2) Put on some polysporin and a band-aid
3) When you wake up, clean it up with alcohol
4) Cover it up with CA or NewSkin.
That should protect it and allow it to heal.

Yow, that's looks painful. I've been guilty of being in too much of a hurry and cutting myself. I hope it heals up soon.

I should add to my list of axioms of shaving-experience in shaving breeds complacency and that translates into injuries.

You should be afraid of your razor, it encourages you to be safe.

If you're not afraid of it, you need to work on your honing...

Originally Posted by mparker762

You should be afraid of your razor, it encourages you to be safe.

If you're not afraid of it, you need to work on your honing...

LOL! Works the other way as well (at least for me). If your razor's afraid of you, you need to work on your honing.

James.

Sorry but that's in direct violation of one of my axioms of shaving. If your afraid of your razor its like learning how to shoot a gun, if your afraid of it you will never control it, it will control you. Also a razor needs to be as sharp as it can possibly be to do its job efficiently and that fact has nothing to do with any fear factor. Personally if I had to shave with a dull blade then I would be in fear.

Xman, hope your cut heals quickly and without problems.

Last week I cut my thumb polishing a blade and just the other day, I re-cut the same place getting ready to strop a razor. It's so hard to do things without your thumb and just when I thought I'd have normal usage of my thumb, I cut it again in the same spot! I can't strop a razor because the cut is right where I want to grip the razor.

Hard to wait around for the thumb to heal so I can get back in the saddle.....grrrrrr

Ilija's #4 works the best for me. Clean it... super glue it. Go on about your business.