Thread: Cut of the Day

Well, it had to happen sooner or later. Decided to hone a razor this morning and got distracted when I dropped my cheaters, reading glasses, on the floor. Bent down to pick them up and the razor I was holding bit me on my right ring finger pad. Got the bleeding stopped with pressure and paper towels then applied Polysporin, a couple of gauze pads all held together with a flexible adhesive bandage the wife got from the vets. The cut is only an inch or so long but bled like a stick pig and the blade was nowhere near shave ready at the time. No photos to post but I did get the blood off the razor to prevent rust. Have a good day and don't get distracted.

Bob

Bob, I had a similar thing happen to me when I wasn't shaving. I had three straights in my inside coat pocket that is sheer netting. I had carried them to a straight razor meetup.

When I returned home, I grabbed for them and somehow a toe or edge of the blade dug into my thumb. It took a long time to stop the bleeding. I tried black pepper, alum, pressure, ice, cold water and like you finally had to cover with Neosporin and guaze and taped pulled tight. Now three weeks later and I don't even see a scar. Good luck to you.

Robert

Cut myself shaving, nothing serious but I got a little supriced, it's the first time ever!
On the cheek, it stopped by itself in 30s.

Well I always thought my first good cut was gonna be on my face, but I guess not.

I was in a rush to get ready for work and jammed my finger into my blade. This is after I got the bleeding stopped, and a couple coats of New Skin!

Originally Posted by JRolonJr

Well I always thought my first good cut was gonna be on my face, but I guess not.

I was in a rush to get ready for work and jammed my finger into my blade. This is after I got the bleeding stopped, and a couple coats of New Skin!

best stuff to use is conduit glue, got advised to use it by a work collegue, he cant help giving it a sniff either.

ignore the writing on the bottle that says may cause irriation,

not as harsh on the skin as Pro Blighty's battery acid i mean aftershave

Originally Posted by JRolonJr

Well I always thought my first good cut was gonna be on my face, but I guess not.

I was in a rush to get ready for work and jammed my finger into my blade. This is after I got the bleeding stopped, and a couple coats of New Skin!

Hate this. I've done it twice. One to my thumb and one to my pinky. The bad thing is I am a guitar player for a loving so I had to play through the pain and blood...

Just browing the cut pics. All I can say is you guys gotta quit shaving your fingers... Just kidd'in.

Originally Posted by Johnus

'New to me razor' this morning. Sterilized it last nite. Honed and Stropped it. Looked ok, sounded ok but I of course wasn't happy! Had to do do one of my midair slice that hair in half.
You guessed it right into my index finger!!(:-(.... Thank god for Barbacide.
Didn't even look to see how deep. Cinched it up with a bandaid hoping for the best.
Guess it was 'sharp enough'!

Might I suggest keeping some super glue in the shave den and honing area guys....primarily for the non face injuries but if it is bad enough.....

I was just having one of those days where the razor seemed thirsty.

The last shave I'd done was with a DE because it sits there, forlorn and never used. Well, my DE technique is not the greatest, so my skin felt a bit irritated and I put off shaving for a couple of days.

As I was shaving I noticed that I'd gotten two zits on my cheek that'd been hiding under the growth, but I also noticed that the razor just kept nibbling me. I got through my first pass (I'm a bizarro and do ATG then WTG -- don't judge me! It works fine on my face!) and started in on the cleanup pass when the razor takes a bigger bite under my right earlobe.

That annoyed me, but then I did a light, smooth swipe down my cheek and it just snagged one of those zits.

George Savage. Yup, definitely a savage razor. Sometimes I forget that while it looks like a big old smiling Sheffield wedge it shaves like a tiny, surgical Engels Leader. Bold strokes bring blood.

I have small scratches on my jaw line from my razor taking a bite. I tell people that I got to to a fight with my razor.
Voidmonster can I steal your last line. That's a great line?