Thread: intro & simple unanswered question

Welcome. It sounds like you got great advice from the guy you got your gear from. A second razor is plus to have also. My personal method to clear lather and whiskers off my blade is toilet paper. I let a strip hang off the shelf or counter, with something heavy enough to keep it there. I find rinsing takes a longer to do. Thats all. Best of all, when I'm done with the shave- Flush. Done. Easy. Another thing, if my razor gets wet in the pivot area- blow dryer. You'll find your own method soon enough. Best of luck.-J

Originally Posted by JohnnyCakeDC

Another thing, if my razor gets wet in the pivot area- blow dryer.

That is one thing that I hate when rinsing my straight. I have to make sure I add a drop of oil in the pivot area to prevent rust.

hey all, thanks to everyone for their helpful responses.

i think ill just experiment a bit and find a nice method that works for me and my blade.

i heard some horror stories about people flicking their blade to knock of water and whacking their sink. sounds awful....

on a side note thanks a million for reminding me that i need to get some oil to drop on my blade as well.

just pull the plug on the sink and fill it with hot water. you will have far less risk of hitting it off of the sink or spout.

Hi and welcome to SRP
I am also a relative new comer to straight razor shaving
I simply rinse my razor under running water - carefully of coarse
then pat dry blade with a towel being careful around that sharp edge

Hope this helps

Rick

Universal Rule #17

Being careful, slow and deliberate when you rinse the blade under the faucet
just means it will take a little longer before you ding it on the faucet. It will
eventually happen so you might as well go ahead, ding it intentionally and get
the lesson over with.

I simply rinse under running water from the tap as it seems that most do here; but one thing that I do that doesn't seem to be mentioned. When I rinse it, I hold the blade Edge down so water runs down the blade, and not hitting the top directly.

I'm fairly new here as well, but there are two pieces of advice that have made sense to me:

1. rinsing under the faucet works fine - if you can trust yourself with this blade against your neck, you should be able to avoid the sink and faucet, just be careful.

2. use cold water - the logic behind this is that the cold water keeps the blade stiff. This seems to make sense, and is what I've been doing. I can't think of a way to verify that cold water is better than hot, but it makes logical sense to me, and it doesn't interfere with the nice warm lather, so I'll keep doing it.