Nicks & Weepers

What's the difference between a nick and a weeper? Which one is it if it takes 20 minutes of direct pressure to stop the bleeding?

 

A nick will take longer to stop the flow of blood than a weeper.
Nicks bleed right away; a weeper may not.

 

wouldn't that be a gusher?

 

LOL
Those are what I get....maybe too many blood thinners.

 

In order of severity from least to worst:
Weeper
Nick
Incision
Decapitation

 

I call it the Art of "Blood Letting"

 

I guess the way I always thought of it was: Nick = you know it immediately, feel it and is usually shaped like a line. Where as, Weeper = you don't feel it, starts slowly and is usually a tiny dot of the red.

 

This.


Pink lather is the similarity.

 

I'm glad I found this. I have only used the term nick when in all actuality they have all been weepers.

 

Doesnt make sense to me. I would think weeper implies liquid being released.

 

You are correct.
And isn't blood a liquid? With a weeper it is just at a very slow leak.

Think of a tire with a slow leak (weeper) vs. a complete blow out (nick).

 

Weepers aren't always apparent. Sometimes they show up as just a little dried blood. Nicks take immediate attention though. I had one big one when I used a shavette.

 

Ive had only one nick in that case. It was by a MMOC while using a terrible soap.

 

Oh my! (hears ominous-sounding music in his head as he awaits the arrival of his PIF package)....

 

Here is a weeping nick:

 

A blow out? Holy Crap! Did you hit an artery?

 

Very funny . . . .

 

Keep in mind he is a straight razor user

 

Either way I pickes up a styptic pencil from Rite Aid and that helped tremendously.

 

A wonderful tool. I never even heard of one until I started shaving with a SR. I don't know how I got by without it all these years.