I’ve always heard dull blades are the most dangerous, but whenever I nick myself shaving my legs it’s always with a new blade. Does the dull blade thing only apply to kitchen knives and not razors?

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I’ve always heard dull blades are the most dangerous, but whenever I nick myself shaving my legs it’s always with a new blade. Does the dull blade thing only apply to kitchen knives and not razors?

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Answer 1

The big difference there is that with shaving you are deliberately passing the blade along your skin so a sharp could nick you where a dull one might not.

The danger comes in when cutting something else, you have to use more effort with a dull blade so it’s more likely to slip and hit an unintended target.