My first razor damage!

**gooser** · 12-23-2014, 06:24 AM

i hit the spine once and that was enough to buy a real sponge that gets suction cupped to the sink for a quick careful wipe ...

**edhewitt** · 12-23-2014, 06:54 AM

I am the cheap one then, i wipe the lather off on the outside of my forearm. My razors never see water, i just strop off the last of the foam on my towel, then give it a quick wipe to catch anything I missed.

**Raol** · 12-23-2014, 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by edhewitt

i wipe the lather off on the outside of my forearm.

Ed, I remember you mentioning that routine so I tried it and it works just fine for me too.
thanks for the tip.

**SirStropalot** · 12-23-2014, 07:22 AM

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I wipe the lather off on the outside of my forearm.

Oh yeah!!! Me too!! .... Maybe Tim the Tool Man Taylor has us pegged.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0V9YZ7C88iU

**Anthony1954** · 12-23-2014, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Splashone

And yet so easy to avoid. Don't put your razor in the sink! There is nothing there that the razor needs...

+1 on the above, use a sponge to wipe the lather off the blade

**alpla444** · 12-23-2014, 05:35 PM

Unlucky, A very nice first razor as mentioned, as as said it will come back in better shape than when you got it, when you send it to be honed.

**Siguy** · 12-23-2014, 05:42 PM

This is the whole reason I use a large sponge to clean the blade. The horror stories.
Very nice razor, btw.

**Firefighter2** · 12-23-2014, 06:20 PM

I remember how mad I was when I did the exact same thing. Not a big deal though, a honing will fix it right up.

**decraew** · 12-23-2014, 06:30 PM

It's incredible that so many people have had the same experience (=tapping the edge against the sink).
Been there done that.

Consider yourself lucky. There's even a friend of mine, lots of experience with a straight, who did it with my favourite razor, an incredibly rare and wonderful 8/8" Pierard-Lefebvre. It cannot be repaired in this case.

**MJC** · 12-23-2014, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by Scorpius010

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On a separate note - though you are new to shaving you seem to be an expert at micro photography - could you tell us how you did this?
Very well done!

Smooth Shaving...

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