Thread: General census on how fellow gents are cleaning the blade between passes?

Rinse under hot water with the edge facing down.

If my soap is properly wet enough it rinses right off with a quick shot of water. If not I wipe it with a finger and keep going. If your saving water you should be able to use a cup full to shave. Or less. I always think of the days of cowboys and water had to be carried from a well in town. Bet they didn't use it for much more than making lather.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

If your saving water you should be able to use a cup full to shave. Or less. I always think of the days of cowboys and water had to be carried from a well in town. Bet they didn't use it for much more than making lather.

Good idea! Next time I shave, I'll put on my spurs.

Originally Posted by PaulKidd

Good idea! Next time I shave, I'll put on my spurs.

They should only be off when your sleeping. (indoors that is)

Originally Posted by 10Pups

They should only be off when your sleeping. (indoors that is)

Sometimes she likes me to wear spurs to bed

Originally Posted by Gammaray

Rinse under hot water with the edge facing down.

I'm with Gammaray. I rinse (edge down) whenever the blade gets loaded under hot water, then wipe on a dry towel and resume shaving. When finished I rinse the blade well, dry it and between the scales with a dry tissue, then strop 10 linen; 30 leather, before storing in my bedroom.

Rinse under cold water, wipe on towel I have on edge of bathroom sink, finish, rinse blade under hot water, towel dry, TP dry between the scales, put the razor in the metal stand by the slightly open window to air dry. Come back, another wipe, and just a couple of laps on the linen and leather to make sure it's completely dry.

Originally Posted by Haroldg48

I'm with Gammaray. I rinse (edge down) whenever the blade gets loaded under hot water, then wipe on a dry towel and resume shaving. When finished I rinse the blade well, dry it and between the scales with a dry tissue, then strop 10 linen; 30 leather, before storing in my bedroom.

Just curious as to why you strop that much. You'd only need a couple strokes to eliminate any water on the metal, no?

Originally Posted by Headcrowny

Just curious as to why you strop that much. You'd only need a couple strokes to eliminate any water on the metal, no?

Stropping to eliminate water on the metal?

That's the first I'd heard of this method. I thought a simple wipe down should do that.

If I'm ill-informed, please correct me, but I understood stropping was only for touch-ups and sharpening before the shave?

To answer Siguy and Headcrowny, I'm of the school that if you're stropping correctly, it can't be overdone, and post shave stropping eliminates some of the stropping the next shave, when I pretty much repeat my post shave stropping 10/30.