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    Default How do you store razors...?

    As someone new to RAD, I was wondering. How does everyone store their razors? I have one that has a box, but three others that are loose. I know to clean and dry them after use, light coat of oil etc. But where do you keep the razors? Do you have a rack or something?

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    I recommend a dry place. I started out storing them in my bathroom cabinet. However, I kept noticing small rust spots popping up even though I oiled the razor after each use. I never get the scales wet and I pass tissue through the scales after each use as well. I determined the rust was comming from the high humidity in the bathroom. Each time someone takes a shower, it gets steamy in there. Not the best location for a razor if you want to keep it looking good. I now keep my razors in a cigar box in my closet outside the bathroom. No more rust blooms.
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    I have wood storage cases of various kinds for all my razors. I use sterol for short term storage and AJ Russell no rust for long term.
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    Quite a few folks on here have used old cigar boxes. You can get them fairly cheaply at your local tobacco shop, or eBay.
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    You know, I never though of that. Cigar boxes! I must have half a dozen. Thanks....

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    In proximity to children they live in a foam lined box with cutouts, which is also a convenient travel case, at work I have bent wire holders for them so they are in the air, in this situation they are on a shelf in my room.
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    I use a rectangular air and water tight plastic food storage container with a rubber sealed lid. I also put in several dissecant pouches to help absorb any moisture. The box is slightly longer than my longest razor, it holds all my 14 razors and is easily held in one hand. Since the box is watertight, I store the box in the bathroom. I also sometimes take my box of razors to the kitchen where I'll use my SRD modular paddle strop to do some leisurely stropping of one or more razors so that each razor is ready to use. After each use, I carefully dry the blade and inside the scales. I don't oil the blade after use because each razor is placed in a silicon treated cloth razor sleeve then placed inside my box. I haven't had any rust on the blades.

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    Yes Cigar Boxes! Great idea man, I was at the swapmeet here in mexico the other day and a guy was sellin 3 boxes for 80 cents? dang it, should of bought more.

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    I had a spare yard of Ultra-Suede fabric so I trimmed it and sewed up a 6-compartment roll up pouch with fold-over top flap; each compartment holds two razors. The razor-de-jour is on the bathroom counter. All the rest are clean and dry, rolled up in the pouch and sitting on a shelf in the steam-free bedroom closet.

    Having acquired an old-old Singer portable I decided to learn, late in life, how to use a sewing machine. It's a useful skill. The razor pouch was one of my first projects. Last week I ripped my overcoat lining and a briefcase shoulder strap while traveling - two more learning opportunities.
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    I store my regular rotation in my bathroom draw in sleeves made from silicon impregnated gun sock
    A hand gun sock cut in half makes 2 lots of 3 razor sleeves the one used each day is left in a stand until replaced with the next
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    The single sleeve has my inherited razor in it, until I get it restored.
    Have had no moisture issues yet in 3 months since I made them
    Cost under $20 in Oz
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