Thread: Drying your razor

How do you make sure that your razor is dry after use?

Also, do you just wipe it with tissue (or a towel - I get a bit paranoid about touching the edge with either), or strop it, or do you recommend anything special, like Tuf-cloth?

I just carefully use a couple of squares of tissue paper.
Ernest

I don't know if it's "the right thing to do", but I've used a dry microfiber cloth to wipe it dry, taking great care not to draw the cloth over the edge but across it on both sides lightly pinching and drawing slowly. Then I use three drops of Dovo Sterol on each side of the blade and wipe that across the blade and the edge with a square of tissue paper.

Chris L

I just use the dry part of my shaving towel and then let it air dry for a while. My goto razor sits out in a tooth brush holder and airs 24/7

I usually rinse my razor in very hot water, give it a strop on a towel to wipe off any soap residue and give it a splash with alchohol. The razor is ususally hot enough to dry rather quickly. Two or three strops and a coat of mineral oil is applied with a cotton ball before the razor is put to rest.

Call me persnickety, but I'll typically perform this while I'm waiting for my face to dry from the witch hazel or aftershave.

When I shave I have a folded towel on the counter that is part of the "work station". I lay my razor on the towel when re-lathering or whenever I am not using the razor. That is the towel that I lightly strop the razor and then I blow out between the scales to make sure there is no water that can get on the blade.




Richard

I just rinse my razor under the hot water tap to get it as hot as I can while folded together. Then take and wipe it dry with a towel and tapping the razor in the palm of my hand which has the towel draped over it. Finally I simply place the razor on the heat register in the floor (our furnace/AC fan runs 24/7) until it's fully dried out. In the winter the combination of the heat being almost always on and the very dry air here makes short work of it. In the summer, the AC is usually on and again, the dry air will make somewhat short work of the job, but perhaps not as quickly as in the winter.

Regards

Christian

After shaving I rinse with hot water and wipe with towel. I then set i aside while cleanup of sink is done. The last thing I do is strop 30 times to make sure all moisture and residue from soap is gone. I can tell it is a little shinier after I strop so it must be cleaner.

bj

I just rinse it off and use a few squares of TP to wipe it down. The shave cream and water leave streaks on the blade, so I know that I wiped it down properly when all of the streaks are gone.

I have a somewhat similar question...I got my first straight razor, then realized what "shave ready" meant. Work picked up and the blade took a back burner, but it remained in the soap/brush/razor holder I have in the bathroom. After a few months of neglect, I looked at the blade and there were small dark spots, which, I assume, are the beginnings of rust spots from the humidity.

I should be getting the Wapi's I ordered fairly soon, and I'm pretty stoked about it. I don't shave every day, and probably won't, even with a full set. So, would the oil (Sterol) you guys are talking about prevent the issue I had with my Dovo from affecting my Wapi? I guess I've never come across oiling the razor...but it sounds like a good idea.