How Often Do You Nick Yourself While Shaving

[lennyn]

So after reading on this forum for over a month, I noticed that both newbies and pros tend to cut themselves, be it nicks, weepers or gashes. Since starting to shave, I think I may have noticed a weeper once, maybe.

So here is the question: How often do you nick, cut or otherwise draw blood when you shave?

Also, post anything interesting like "I nick myself sometimes but it doesn't hurt and I would still call it a great shave" or "In Soviet Russia, sheep shears you!" I am also including the experience of the user to see the distribution of experience of those who have taken this poll. For posterity and all.

 

[Coda_]

Most of the time, my weepers are due to me wanting a closer shave...

 

[ackvil]

For me it's rare. But then again I have been DE shaving before many B&Bers were born!

 

[Lobwedge]

Sadly I'm still on the learning curve and will somewhat regularly at least generate a weeper. Mostly this is down to pressure and angle (surprisingly ;-)) However as more time goes by this occurs less and less and I am now somewhat at the weekly weeper or nick mark. Not bad really considering it was like daily when I first started.

 

[jasterixstrange]

tbh the only blood i tend to draw these days is if i take the top off a spot and even then this only happens when using open comb razors. when i was new to DE i used to slice myself all the time but you very quickly learn to show the blade respect.

 

[rockviper]

I get a weeper or two every few shaves in the same spot on my Adam's apple and every now and then I have a brain fart and let the razor's head "slap" onto my cheek (which makes for a nice "scratch" that I get to carry for 3-4 days until it heals over). I never said I was smart.

 

[TheVeryIdea]

I hesitate to participate in this poll since I'm a big believer in jinxing one's self, but it's true: I draw blood (in nick and weeper form) maybe once a month or less. This is in stark contrast to when I had a Mach 3 or Hydro 5 or whatever cockamamie name my razor had; even with a new cartridge, I came away with a bite out of my face. How ironic: I knew my razor was fresh when it nicked me easily.

 

[jlindy]

I can't remember the last time I nicked myself. I do have a styptic pencil... Somewhere.

 

[rajagra]

Blood is merely the skin's way of correcting dry lather.

 

[bakerbarber]

Blood is merely the skin's way of correcting dry lather.

HAahahahaaa

Once a week or so.

There will be blood.

No more or less than I bled with carts..

 

[djm2]

Pretty rare for either a weeper or a nick. Only once did I draw blood that required work to stop the flow.

 

[Azback]

I don't tend to cut myself unless it is a complete brain fart. Like last week. Tip: Remove blade edge from face before rotating razor.

Gawd that stung.

 

[Landri]

This a funny poll... some real macho may lie

 

[Not The Original Kermit]

I have this incredibly weird spot on my neck and if I ever go ATG on it, the blade seems to pull the hair and skin into the blade and nick the heck out of it. Doesn't matter how lightly I go over it or how much I'll pull the skin tight.

most of the time I just go XTG on it, but if i'm feeling masochistic I'll go ATG and it'll be a blood bath on my neck. so about once a week or daily if I'm bored and feel like bleeding.

 

[CyberJCM]

Over my year of wetshaving I could count the blood draws on one hand. Honestly. But I do get a little razor burn every few shaves or so in tricky areas like neckline and the top of my cheeks for some reason.

 

[mandoman]

at least once or twice a week

 

[JeffM]

I thought this poll was referring to straight shaving, but after reading comments is it just DE shaving?

 

[Bigsurprise]

I thought this poll was referring to straight shaving, but after reading comments is it just DE shaving?

Any kind of shaving!

I usually nick a pimple on my chin once a week or so. It varies a bit with my acne.

 

[craig87c]

I generally start getting a ton of nicks after answering "not too often anymore!" in polls like this...keeping my mouth shut today.

 

[Mr Mockett]

I normally don't nick myself much, occasionally I'll get a weeper. But this past weekend was my first shavette shave in a while and I sliced my chin but good!