Thread: How I'm Sterilizing My Razors

Disclaimer: This is my process and I share for informational and awareness purposes only. I am not a doctor, nor expert in disease control. Just offering some common sense suggestions. It is up to you to define your process.

I'm sterilizing ALL razors that I get, both new and used. Hepatitis and other viral strains can live outside the body for extended periods of time, some sources say weeks. Razors are hand made items. Humans touch ALL razors whether they be new or used. People who hone razors professionally touch many razors, and if they don't sterilize them before honing could be exposed to viral strains. When you use a sharp instrument on your body that has been touched by another human, it should be sterilized.

Most will probably say this is overkill and 'I've don't this, that, and the other for years.' To those people I say go get a blood test. Consider many people who have Hepatitis B don't even know they have it, and can pass it along to others. And, a statistic I recently read is that up to 40% of people with Hepatitis C don't know where they got it.

It is better to be paranoid, a bit reactionary, and safe, rather than sorry in this regard. Read about the long term effects of Hepatitis and make your decision.

My process:

1. Treat with Barbacide for 1 hour.
2. Let the razor sit for 2 weeks unused and segregated from my other shaving implements.
3. Treat again with Barbacide for 1 hour.
4. Hone and use.