Thread: How to store your razor in between shaves?

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I do what Stubear does and additionally I wipe mine with a silicone gun cloth impregnated with a rust preventative. Maybe overkill but I'd rather be safe than sorry. I also store my razor in a drawer away from any moisture.

+1 Jimmy, My razors out in rotation get wiped down with a Silicone Gun Cloth. When I'm done shaving, the razor sits out to dry while I get ready.
This step is important if it's sitting out in rotation or getting put up in a box, It must be completely dry. If you really want to be anal about it, You can use that canned air to blow out the pivot area. The same stuff you use for computers...A compressor will work too....Just hold on to that razor....!

Once dry, it's wiped down with the silicone cloth and sits out on a ceramic tile in my bathroom. I've never had any problems. Razors that are stored are wiped down with Camelia oil. I only use the Camelia oil for long term storage. To use it everyday, and wipe it off seems a waste to me. The gun cloth provides protection and is much more cost effective....

If you have a bunch of razors to rotate through, then I think the advise so far makes sense. I just have 1, and use it every day - so rust doesn't get long to form.

After shaving, I rinse the razor in hot water (since then the lather "film" comes off faster), and wipe the water off the blade by pinching it between a fold of a towel and pulling the blade lengthwise. I'm careful not to pinch the edge, so it doesn't get bent or dulled. Then I strop it 15 times on leather to make sure the edge is truly clean and dry, and set the razor tang down in a dry cup. If I got water in the handle when rinsing the lather off, I swab the inside with a couple of squares of toilet paper folded 2-3 times to make it thick enough to wipe the moisture off the inside.

I live in a humid area, and use a non-stainless razor - and still don't have any rust or water spots. Personally, I'm more worried about staining from the chemical reactions in the lather residue than rust from moisture.