So just finished shaving, don't know if anyone else has stumbled on this, but had to share. I was going too fast and gave myself a good nick on the edge of my lip. Not a big worry since I'm not a heavy bleeder but I have to go meet some clients, I have no styptic pencil, and then this idea pops in my head...what if I run the run the Merkur under really cold water and just hold the smooth top plate/head on the nick? Hypothesis was it should work like those endswell things in boxing. Cold metal will contract those capillaries and stop the bleeding. Not all that surprisingly, it worked like a charm! Apologies if this is common knowledge, but I was pretty chuffed figuring it out. Cheers!
Fixing a nick with your. razor!
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I've had to use an ice cube a couple of times in the past. It's less messy if you put it in a plastic bag first.
Did not know this. Great tip.
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Cool tip!!!
No pun intended....
No pun intended....
Fantastic tip. Hope I never need it.
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The science of shaving! Ice cube's a nice tip too.
I dig when the creative juices get to flowing on B&B!
That is a nice trick. Thanks!
Argh! I never cut myself normally but I ended up using this trick faster than expected on my jaw.
Today I decided to go WTG with my R41, when my kid entered the bath room asking questions about Donald Duck. I was answering the questions. When I came to the jaw area, I was not taking into consideration I was moving the jaw because I was talking. I ended up with a 1+ cm cut.
Today I decided to go WTG with my R41, when my kid entered the bath room asking questions about Donald Duck. I was answering the questions. When I came to the jaw area, I was not taking into consideration I was moving the jaw because I was talking. I ended up with a 1+ cm cut.
What a great tip. Thanks for sharing.
Never knew about this--just looked it up:
An enswell (sometimes called an "end-swell") is a small piece of metal used by a second, corner or cutman to apply pressure to an injury to reduce swelling. An enswell may be solid metal (usually stainless steel) and kept cool within icewater, or may be constructed with a hollow chamber to hold water and pre-frozen or filled with ice. Proper use of the enswell is to apply light pressure and hold the tissue in normal position, as the cold slightly constricts the capillaries to reduce ancillary swelling. Excessive pressure, or attempts to "iron out" a bruise, will only damage tissue further and exacerbate the bruise or contusion.
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Never knew about this--just looked it up:
Enswell
An enswell (sometimes called an "end-swell") is a small piece of metal used by a second, corner or cutman to apply pressure to an injury to reduce swelling. An enswell may be solid metal (usually stainless steel) and kept cool within icewater, or may be constructed with a hollow chamber to hold water and pre-frozen or filled with ice. Proper use of the enswell is to apply light pressure and hold the tissue in normal position, as the cold slightly constricts the capillaries to reduce ancillary swelling. Excessive pressure, or attempts to "iron out" a bruise, will only damage tissue further and exacerbate the bruise or contusion.
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Yeah that's the thing! Alls-well that ens-well, I say. 
What a great tip. Thanks for sharing.
Never knew about this--just looked it up:
Enswell
An enswell (sometimes called an "end-swell") is a small piece of metal used by a second, corner or cutman to apply pressure to an injury to reduce swelling. An enswell may be solid metal (usually stainless steel) and kept cool within icewater, or may be constructed with a hollow chamber to hold water and pre-frozen or filled with ice. Proper use of the enswell is to apply light pressure and hold the tissue in normal position, as the cold slightly constricts the capillaries to reduce ancillary swelling. Excessive pressure, or attempts to "iron out" a bruise, will only damage tissue further and exacerbate the bruise or contusion.
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awesome. I may try this. I bleed like a stuck pig from even the smallest nicks
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same here.
but instead of water,, how about an old razor (or similar) in the freezer?
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