Learn from my burn! or - If your razor's not stayed, toss the blade

[Lockedin]

Yesterday I noticed that my razor wasn't on its stand, I replaced it and went about my day.

This morning I lathered up as usual, started a beautiful head shave with my Slim set to 9 - top of my head was smooth as it gets, so (as usual) I moved to the back of my head. A few strokes in I rinsed the razor, started to take another stroke when I felt it scrape and then stick!

Looking in the mirror, I saw a series of weepers & a nice, bloody spot where the blade had dug in.

WHAT HAPPENED???
Then I remembered that I had spotted my razor on the counter - somebody, a cute little 8yr old somebody, must have knocked it off of its stand and one side of the blade was damaged. It just took that many strokes before I flipped the razor and tried to use the damaged side of the blade.

The razor itself and the bar look undamaged, so I chucked the blade and replaced it - no more irritation / rash / removing divots from my scalp - the rest of my shave was as good as usual, and a little girl was reminded not to mess with Daddy's razors.

Next time I find my razor on the counter I'll be tossing that blade immediately!

 

[oldbluelight]

Ah, yes. There's a reason insanity runs in families - you get it from your children!

 

[jbradley]

I place my razor in hot water while I shower. Put a new Feather in a few days ago, but dropped it in the sink of water on accident. The blade ate me up. I guess the sink turned the edge. Just FWIW, R41 + dull Feather = BLOOD.

 

[Haggises]

None of my sharp bits of shaving stuff are within reach of my 13 year old, never mind my 9 year old....

 

[JDTTO]

If my loaded razors would be within the reach of my boys, my own skin would not be my main worry.

 

[cwnidog]

If my loaded razors would be within the reach of my boys, my own skin would not be my main worry.

I'd be OK with it. But then my youngest is 28.

 

[Lockedin]

If my loaded razors would be within the reach of my boys, my own skin would not be my main worry.

I only have her on the weekends, and she knows not to touch my razors. My guess is that it was accidental - knocked out of its stand in a domino effect since it sits on the other side of a chain of products, including the hand soap she uses.

She knows that Daddy works with a lot of tools that she's not to touch, and is VERY good about obeying, so I'm not worried about her getting hurt - but you got me thinking about one or two of her friends who seem to feel a need to handle EVERYTHING when they visit. My whole kit will be finding a new location after I get home tonight.

 

[JDTTO]

Sorry if my response came across as a little judgemental.

My boys are 8 months and almost 4. I guess fatherhood gets the better of me every now and then.

My oldest likes to play with an unloaded DE and a retired brush when he is in the bath, this is another reason for me to keep the loaded ones out of reach.

 

[Lockedin]

Sorry if my response came across as a little judgemental.

Not at all! But as good as MY kid is at knowing not to mess with Daddy's things, her little friends come in to use the bathroom when they're in the yard, & as I mentioned above - they seem to have a need to fingerprint everything in sight! I'd hate to find myself explaining what happened to any of their parents.

My only issue with you is that now that I'm relocating my shaving kit - you've got me thinking of banning her from her bicycle & blunting the edges of her surfboard fins! Ahhhh, Fatherhood...

My oldest likes to play with an unloaded DE and a retired brush when he is in the bath, this is another reason for me to keep the loaded ones out of reach.
My boys are 8 months and almost 4. I guess fatherhood gets the better of me every now and then.

Such fun ages - Enjoy! That's one of the differences between boys & girls - mine just rolls her eyes & giggles when I ask her if she thinks she'll grow a goatee like Daddy - I'm leaving the shaving issues for her Mother.