Double edge razor blades - can you use the other side?

[merkur]

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[denimdestroyedmylife]

they break down to fifteen cents a blade yeah?
are times that tough?

 

[Thomas]

I never thought of this!

By this reasoning, when my chef's knife gets dull, I can hold it in my left hand (or stand on the other side of the kitchen island) and it will cut just fine!

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

using your left hand makes it feel like someone else is doing it.

 

[MCsommerreid]

Only is you enjoy bleeding. Shaving introduces a smile shaped wear pattern, which is actually good. Flipping it turns it into a frown of skin shredding corners.

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife

using your left hand makes it feel like someone else is doing it.

Actually, if you turn your left hand around it's kind of nice.

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

i recently discovered "the barber pole" and "the peppermill"
i needn't explain, the names suffice.

 

[oxide]

if you turn the blade over it still won't make a difference. Its the edge you shave with, and its the edge that is being used regardless of which side your blade is on.

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife

i recently discovered "the barber pole" and "the peppermill"
i needn't explain, the names suffice.

"The peppermill" sounds more like "indian burn". Lends new meaning to "cranking your nads", though.

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

nads? i thought we were talking about shaving...

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by denimdestroyedmylife

nads? i thought we were talking about shaving...

Of course we were talking about shaving. I was referring to the shaving brush.