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if you have a stainless blade just drying it off good will do. but if its carbon i would let it dry good ,strop then put a light coat of mineral oil on the edge i do mine after every shave and have not had any rust

Oiling the edge, if you're inclined, should be done after every shave.

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Thanks everyone (this is a great site) I got some mineral oil and will wipe it down after my next go!

I go with it being a matter of preference. My razors get carefully dried off with my shaving towel, then laid out to air dry for a few hours before I put them away on my razor table. They're all carbon steel and I have yet to have any issues with my approach, even though humidity where I am is at 79% currently. Of course you can oil and strop afterward, but don't worry yourself to death if you miss a day or two of oiling. I'm fairly confident that there are many 50+ year old razors floating around that didn't get oiled after each use.

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Out here in silicon valley we're technically living in a desert. I have to lather one section of my face at a time. Otherwise it dries out before I get to it... But I still oil my blades almost every time after shaving.

You can't beat WD-40 for rust prevention and now they have those little WD-40 No-Mess Pens. It looks like a big magic marker with a cap. It has a hard magic marker type of tip so there's no aerosol overspray. Of course it costs about 10 times as much as the spray WD-40, something like $5 for a 0.25 oz pen, but that lasts a really long time when you're just painting a razor. I paint a blade and then wipe it once with a piece of toilet paper. wipe it once more when I get it out to use it again.