Page 90 of 111 FirstFirst ... 4080868788899091929394100 ... LastLast
Results 891 to 900 of 1107
Like Tree1818Likes

Thread: Cut of the Day

  1. #891
    Senior Member blabbermouth ScoutHikerDad's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    Upstate South Carolina
    Posts
    3,308
    Thanked: 987

    Default

    Off-topic, but I always loved John Boorman's directing. He created (or just took advantage of nature, really) equally lush settings in both Deliverance and The Emerald Forest.

  2. #892
    Senior Member ZipZop's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2017
    Location
    Honolulu
    Posts
    1,337
    Thanked: 204

    Default

    Aloha!

    Today was a Shavette shave day with a Voskhod blade (new) and I was absolutely certain I'd have one or two nice photos for this thread. I indeed cut myself twice, but they were tiny cuts and stopped bleeding before I could get the phone to snap a photo. I didn't apply styptic nor alum on purpose but they just didn't bleed much at all. And for some reason, I can't find any of those usual worm-scar-like razor burns. I usually get at least one of these from a Shavette shave.

    Murphys law. I go into this shave EXPECTING to have at least one if not two photos for "cut of the day" because I always cut myself with a Shavette. And indeed, I cut myself, but nothing worth a photo. You'd need a macro lens to see it.

    Perhaps I should mentally prepare myself every Shavette shave to take a photo for this thread, and therefore I won't have anything to post. Reverse psychology.

    -Zip
    sixptstar likes this.
    "I get some lather and lather-up, then I get my razor and shave! Zip Zop, see that? My face Is ripped to shreads!"

  3. #893
    Senior Member FWiedner's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2017
    Location
    North Texas
    Posts
    164
    Thanked: 14

    Default

    Cripes, man. If you're WANTIN' to see blood I'm thinkin' there's a short path...

    rolodave and ZipZop like this.

  4. #894
    Moderator rolodave's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Location
    Racine, WI USA
    Posts
    7,531
    Thanked: 1927
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    @Zip

    Maybe your technique is improving.
    RezDog and ZipZop like this.
    If you don't care where you are, you are not lost.

  5. #895
    Senior Member ZipZop's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2017
    Location
    Honolulu
    Posts
    1,337
    Thanked: 204

    Default

    Aloha!

    No, not WANTING to see blood, just expecting it from a Shavette. And I agree, rolodave, my skill with a shavette is slowly getting better. I am for SURE paying extremely close attention to my technique when I have a Shavette in my hand.

    Well, I started a new thread on my Shavette shaving technique work in the "Shavette" area. I've also realized that those Derby half blades that came with one of my Shavettes are much better and more forgiving in a Shavette than my beloved Voskhod blades:
    http://straightrazorpalace.com/shavi...te-skills.html

    My new technique is to "gingerly" shave first pass with the Shavette and second pass with my DE. I'm honestly trying to improve my Shavette technique.

    I'll tell you one thing, shaving with my straight seems SO much easier after all the sessions with the shavette.

    -Zip
    Crawler and outback like this.
    "I get some lather and lather-up, then I get my razor and shave! Zip Zop, see that? My face Is ripped to shreads!"

  6. #896
    Member sixptstar's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2017
    Location
    Riverside, CA
    Posts
    56
    Thanked: 10

    Default

    Dammit!! Right under the base of my nose right in the middle (or the columella as I learned today). Tiny tiny cut with just a half a drop of blood. BUT WHY DOES IT HURT SOOOO MUCH??? Sorry, no pics. The cut really is that small. But there is no crying in SRP so I will carry on.
    "It's not how hard you can hit. It's how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." - Rocky Balboa

  7. #897
    Senior Member Butzy's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2017
    Location
    Kansas City , MO
    Posts
    534
    Thanked: 113

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by sixptstar View Post
    there is no crying in SRP
    there should be shirts made...

  8. #898
    MEMBER
    Join Date
    Apr 2015
    Location
    VERO BEACH, FL
    Posts
    903
    Thanked: 96

    Default

    Yes, shirts with a purple heart on it. You aren't a real man and or woman until you shave with a straight razor and draw blood!
    sixptstar likes this.

  9. #899
    Senior Member Butzy's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2017
    Location
    Kansas City , MO
    Posts
    534
    Thanked: 113

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by jkatzman View Post
    You aren't a real man and or woman until you shave with a straight razor and draw blood!
    I keep trying to get my wife to give it a go, but no luck! perhaps she's just smarter than me and knows cartridges are safer
    rolodave likes this.

  10. #900
    Greenhorn WildWest74's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2015
    Location
    Virginia Beach
    Posts
    33
    Thanked: 1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    To me, Shavettes are scary. Too sharp and flimsy. Sharp corners.

    I had just as well use a DE blade between my fingers. Just me.
    Actually, my shavette, The Holy Black Barber's Razor, actually holds the blade very rigid, with just a very narrow blade exposure. It is no more flimsy than a hollow ground straight. Haven't had any issues with the corners, but I also shave with a spike point sometimes, so I have gotten pretty good at avoiding the point.
    Mrchick likes this.
    ~Jim West, Desperado, Rough Rider~

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •