Seems like people are getting a bit obsessive about this.

Worried about Prions?

Put on some serious surgical gloves when you pick up the package from your mailbox. Open the package outside, near a fireplace, and drop the package, razor box, and any other paper or packing that came with the razor in the fire.

Now, take your razor and drill out the pins and toss the scales in the fire after the packaging materials.

Now drop your razor in a pressurized autoclave at 274 degrees fahrenheit.

Be sure to strip off the gloves and throw them in the fire after the scales.

Oh, you'll probably have to toss your drill press into the fire because it won't fit in the $25,000 autoclave that has an interior cavity that is 12" wide.


Okay, once the autoclave shuts off, you are probably safe--or did you touch the outside of the autoclave with your gloves?

If you did, you will need to put on another pair of gloves before touching the autoclave, and then open the autoclave.

Then remove the gloves and throw them in the fire with the drill press.

Then remove the razor (or what is left of it) and place it on your bathroom counter.

Now put on a 3rd pair of gloves and throw the autoclave in the fire, since you touched the outside of it with the gloves you used to open the razor box.

Now throw the 3rd pair of gloves in the fire with the drill press and the autoclave.

Viola, a completely safe razor.

Now where are you going to get replacement scales that you can be sure have no prions on them?

Hmmm, I'm stumped by that one.



There is more junk floating around in the air, on your bathroom surfaces, in your clothing and your bedding than would be on a razor you just washed in hot water and put away.

Think about it.

Clean it. Sanitize it by removing any clinging soil and loose corrosion when it arrives. Rinse it for several minutes under your hottest tap and then dry it. It will radiate heat for several minutes and all water will be off the surfaces.

This alone will reduce bacteria and viral counts to background levels, which is good enough.

If you are unfortunate enough to encounter prions on the blade, and you get them on you, well, you are probably f*cked.

You and Howard Hughes.

$.02