Thread: Any of you used shave stuff buyers worry..

Tom,

You brought up a worthy topic, definitely worth discussing. I know that the majority of items I have purchased (most ebay items excluded) have all appeared to be "spotless", but regardless, we are responsible to ourselves, therefore a few simples steps are well worthwhile.

RT

I think some of us obsess on this topic too much. As far as used razors go for the usual Eboy special even if someone with every known disease used it the day before selling it until the auction is over and then mailing by itself is probably at least 2-3 weeks total and most razors haven't been used in years before the auction. I can't think of any bacteria that can live on a blade for that long a period. Of course that doesn't count spores and things like that. usually when I get a new razor it gets a good scrubbing with anti-bacterial soap and gets an ammonia bath last and it has to endure honing. So I'm not worried.

I don't use used brushes and I'm not worried about used strops. Heh, its the suff floating around us that you need to be worried about.

One last comment and I really will shut up...when I was a kid I played in just as much dirt as anyone here. I remember one time when we had mass innoculations for polio (mid to late 1950's). The syringes and USED needles were just dumped behind the building the innoculations were performed in. One of my playmates and myself rummaged through the syringes and used needles and took some home to play like we were doctors. We were smart enough to place them in a coffee can of alcohol before showing them to our other friends, however, we did handle them before taking them home. I would like to think we didn't eat after handling them or anything like that, but I can't remember for sure. Makes me sort of cringe when I think of it today. We eventually made darts out of some of the syringes and needles.

Tom

Originally Posted by straightman

I know many Ebay items are advertised as "sterilized" when in actuality they are disinfected and there's a huge difference between the two. And I'd bet that many items are neither sterilized nor disinfected regardless of the way they're advertised. Maybe I'm being a bit of a "Chicken Little" about this and I'm not trying to "rain on anyone's parade". But it does give me reason for concern. Comments?

As far as I know, this issue was addressed a long time ago. Long before our time. Barbicide has been in use for ages and takes care of this problem. Razors, scissors combs, just about anything barbers use gets soaked in it, and it kills anything living. it complies with all health codes through out the country. You may have heard that str8 shaving has run into ptoblems with health codes. That was because of strops and brushes; razors and scissors and such have always been handled effectively by Barbicide.

Anything I buy, I subject to a good cleaning, and I finish up with a good soaking spray with Clippercide. This is an aerosol made by the Barbicide people and it too kills anything living, including specifically hepatitis. It is made for electric clippers and also includes a lubricant. So my razors end up lubed and disinfected.

Dunk it in 90% alcohol if you are that insecure..
Maybe I'm being a bit of a "Chicken Little" about this
I think we have become an overly cautious society.

OMFG why do people shun due diligence and despair when they realize they have adopted risk patterns.
We glean through pages and pages to learn a new tip on advancing our shaving experience but God forbid learning a new technique on protecting yourself and your family. Nietzsche was full of crap…that which does not kill can make you weak as a kitten and ruin your life!
You don’t build resistance to HEP A<B<C You get sick.
You don’t have ocd if you wash your hands before you eat. You are being prudent.

Read more, do what you can.

On used razors, after polishing and buffing I soak the blade in a 1:5 clorox to water solution for a couple minutes (mindful of the scales of course). I'm no expert but anything that can live in clorox is one tough bug. I have also used barbicide.

Originally Posted by rtaylor61

I just wish everyone would wash their hands after using a public toilet...

RT

I wish people would learn to not piss on their hands.

J.




/ok, ok, ok, I know. It was a joke. Well, not really, I do hope they don't. Just wash afterwards regardless.

Originally Posted by Library Guy

I'm not a doctor but I work with the insufferable bastards everyday.

Woah! Easy man, some of us are married to them y'know?








OK, she can be pretty insufferable. Good point.


(You know, in my line of work I gotta deal with a lot of librarians... I'm not saying ANYTHING!)

I wish people would learn to not piss on their hands

I've always been less concerned with whether they were pissing on their hands and more concerned with the fact that they were holding their sweaty penis or using the thumb hook underwear and glands technique. Ewww
75 percent of the reproductive-age population has human papillomavirus, or HPV according to the hpv genital warts site.

Well, I have been vacinated for Hepititis A and B. Hep C is another matter, so I do disenfect new to me razors.