While shaving last week I knocked the alum block on the floor by accident. That got me thinking. Do I need toe protection while shaving? How about you? Do you shave barefoot with you toes exposed to falling straight razors, or do you cover up with a good pair of shoes?!
Barefoot, or with shoes?
- Thread starter JHP
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I wear my bunny slippers.
I shave in the shower.
Two weeks ago I was chopping wood with an axe in my slippers.
At one point - I looked down and realized just how stupid that was.
Safety rules apply to all things sharp I think.
At one point - I looked down and realized just how stupid that was.
Safety rules apply to all things sharp I think.
I shave after a shower, I shave barefoot. I have never had incident of dropping anything on my feet.
I'm thinking my toes are not my first concern here . . . .
Been doing so with a straight for over a year. The only mishap was when SWMBO decided to be nice and provide a new bar of soap. She put it on top of the door rail, which is where I store my blade and brush, but she is not tall enough to see the blade.
Thankfully, the tub is glass and it did not open... the scales protected it. Didn't fall anywhere near my feet though.
Even before I started shaving in the shower, I had never dropped a straight or DE.
For the first 6 months I shaved with a straight, I stood in front of the sink. Before that, when using carts, I've shaved in the shower nearly my entire life.
Decorum prohibits displaying a photo of my other shave protection device.
I don't dress to shave.... nuff said.
Having seen a good number of major injuries due, in part, to the sharpness of straight razors I opt to use common sense when handling anything that sharp.
Barefoot. If I drop a razor and it makes it past my knees without inflicting damage, well that's good enough.
I shave myself in slippers. And If the straight razor falls, I let it falls, I will never catch it with my hand or my foot, too dangerous for me 
Thanks a lot. Never before did I think about the damage a falling razor would do to my toes.
I've had a similar worry about the level of protection needed while shaving, but mine was more about keeping a towel tightly wrapped around my waist. Losing a toe doesn't seem so bad once you consider the -other- possible loss.
Barefootin' 
Frank
Frank
I've never dropped a razor whilst shaving with one so I've never imagined that barefoot would be a problem.
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