Thread: Hello

Originally Posted by mitnageek

Is that sufficient for avoiding cross contamination? Barbers I've spoken here to have said that it is sterilizing the strop rather than the razor that is the problem (and the reason only replaceable blades are now used here) so maybe I'm just being over-cautious. But I have to be 100% confident.

I don't know whether that's a real concern or not, but if you want a way to kill possible bacteria without possibly spoiling the leather with chemicals a cheap UV setup should be possible. It probably requires a specific wavelength, so I dunno if your run of the mill black light would work or not.