Quote 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.