Thread: Oil for blade storage.

Camillia oil. I am lucky enough to live near a good wood working shop and picked up a bottle of camillia oil for about 6 bucks. I too have had rust form in a few short days and now I store razors in a box with some silica gel packets. The camillia oil is nice because if you don't wipe it all the way off, it is less likely to irritate your skin and it smells nice. The stuff I have doesn't contain any liquid paraffin which might make it more irritating.

Hope this helps!

I will use Tuf-Glide on razors that I know will stay stored for a period of time. I also wrap them in tissue or brown paper.

I like to use sewing machine oil on razors I've restored for clients as this oil will not harm synthetic scale material.

I keep Sterol in my bathroom. I made a storage cabinet for my razors that is mounted on the wall in my bathroom. I store the razors with the blade slightly open. I also have silica packs in the cabinet. I will occasionally put a drop or two of Sterol on the pivot area of the razor. I will do this especially if for some reason it I let that area get wet.

I dry my razors after use on a towel and then place them back in the storage cabinet. I have not experienced any rust at all with this system.

Militech-1

"Weapon Shield"

I am still new to everything, but the other day my dad found some straights in our attic and they were packed in vaseline. I dont now if some would sujest this. The razors he found were my Grand fathers and he said they were in good shape, and would be shave ready after a little cleaning up

I use Camelia oil too. I figure if it was good enough for the Japanese to use on fine swords, it is good enough for my razors. Since starting to use it a couple of years ago, I have had absolutely no problems with any kind of rust at all.

Hi All,
Thanks for the advice, I'd hate to mess up a perfectly good razor because I'd not treated it right. "Prevention is better than cure"
Stu