You, a razor, and others don't mix!
Okay, so stupid thing happened yesterday, and I thought it warranted to let others know; working or inspecting a blade with other people around = bad things happening. It's too easy to get focused on what you're doing and tune out the world around you.
Back story:
A buddy at work has gotten into straights, and got a little careless after shaving a few days ago; instead of wiping the blade then letting it dry he slung the water off and *dink* smacked the sink with the tip of his round point dovo 6/8. Well he brings the razor in to let me look at it to see what we could do about it. It's crazy...he didn't even knick the blade, the very tip just barely bent. When I say barely I mean I had to hold the razor with the tip pointed down at the ground (the tang facing me) looking straight down the very sides just to see which way it was bent (lucky guy I say :rolleyes:)
Well the carpet in our office area is this weird brownish, black, and off blue color which was making it hard to see the blade right; soooooo... I put my hand under the blade to use my skin as contrast. As I was doing this one of the girls who is a good friend and joke with all the time walked by; she couldn't see the blade b/c my back was turned to her. I was moving my hand up to close the blade, and she jokingly does the move it shoulder bump...needless to say the blade pretty much immediately sunk into the side of my hand :dropjaw::cry: So from here on out I think the next time I do this, it's gonna be done is a desolate isolated remote region of the world...sorry for the long post, but I thought it was a good cautionary tale to share, and a little humor to start the morning off. From what I was told by my friend, the look on my face was priceless; a mixture of: confusion, then realization, pain, and last but not least disbelief when I looked down. :gaah: