i'm gonna vote real and reitterrate what everyone else has said. i sliced the left side of my left hand index finger clean off with a brand new razor blade and it didn't bleed right away. it also didn't hurt until i saw the skin hanging off of the blade and then saw blood come pouring out of my fingertip. took a good 10 to 15 seconds before it starting gushing blood. i know i was in shock cuz i remember my heart was racing and i started breathing heavy when i realized what i had done. I also stepped on a nail and it didn't bleed at all until i pulled it out of my foot. and even then it didn't bleed that much. so don't be so quick to say its fake. i too showed it to my mom, an RNC of 23 years, and she thought it was pretty real. i guess we will never know but i say it's real because of my experience