Thread: Hand towel woes.

Originally Posted by Gasman

The wife tells me ive cut two of HER hand towels lately. Last time i checked im the one who brings the money home, but i guess that dont count. Ha. Another story.

Do you a have towels that you use to wipe your razors with tthat dont get used for anything but your use? Am i just being careless? Does anyone else have this issue? I had no idea i had done this and she says its the second one ive cut. So what say you? Should i go out and buy special towels for just this perpose?

Harbor Freight is your Friend my friend, pick up some of the shop towels and only use those. They might not be pretty in 'her' bathroom but you can use them in the shop while your working on razors.

I bought a dozen plain white terry cloth towels that are just for me to use as hand/face etc.. in my bathroom. Bought them on amazon, they were really cheap. They're actually not bad towels either. Nor company towels, but just fine for my downstairs bathroom. My original thought was to be able to bleach out blood stains, but that phase was pretty much over before I got them. [emoji12] Now it's just nice to have an extra clean towel in my bathroom for every shave.

I use these barber's towels, 100 percent cotton, no terry and Lint free, on amazon I think 15 for 12 great deal best part is lint free.

Don't worry, it's all hers. No matter who makes the money.......

And as far as I know I haven't cut any of her towels yet

I do have one of those shaving bowls, but I use it to set my razor on when it it open, our sink top is slate so I fear chipping the edge on it

You could continue using her towels, just don't drag the edge along them...

I use a towel to wipe the main portion of the blade face, but then strop it on the towel to get the edge cleaned off and dry. Started doing it this way because I actually took a sample of my thumb by pinching the blade with toilet paper to get the edge clean.

Originally Posted by TwistedOak

You could continue using her towels, just don't drag the edge along them...

I use a towel to wipe the main portion of the blade face, but then strop it on the towel to get the edge cleaned off and dry. Started doing it this way because I actually took a sample of my thumb by pinching the blade with toilet paper to get the edge clean.

I did this too. Not sure its why i use the towels now but it makes sense. I had to ask the wife ware the bandaides were. That hurt more plus the look she gave me.
I swear guys, i love my wife but after 20+ years....

I have a couple of old hand towels that are dedicated to my razors. There's cuts all over them.

Good point euclid440. I hadnt thought about the microfiber towels. I had a couple over the years but they didnt seem to suck up water too quickly. Maybe they were cheep.

One other thing is, don’t wipe the razor while shaving. I shave with a folded micro fiber on one side of the sink under my scuttle and tub of soap, to soak up any spilled water, and another towel on the other side of the sink.

I shave and rinse soap off the blade, under running water, not letting water get past the tang, keeping my hand and the pivot dry.

Then with the edge straight up, tap the spine on the towel a couple times. This will shake most of the water from the blade, it does not need to be completely dry, just the tang.

If a little bit of water or soap remains on the blade it will not matter.

I only wipe the razor when finished shaving.

Microfibers, you can get a pack of 20 or 30, from Cosco or Sam’s, for a few dollars or better quality from The Rag Company on line. Better quality towels have more and longer fibers and do work/wick better.

A micro fiber will wick away more moisture and keep the razor dry and clean.

I keep a stack under the sink and another in the shop, they work great when honing. I use a blue paper shop towel to wipe the swarf from a blade for inspection, then a microfiber to remove the haze and dry it completely before inspection with a loupe.

I also use the micro fiber to clean the mirror, sink and faucet when finished shaving, soap does have a way of jumping off the brush.

Once a week or so, my bride will do a load of microfibers, so I always have clean towels.
They work best if washed 4-5 times with a very little bit of soap, it will also remove all the dye.

Buy, more than you need, you will find a role reversal, and your bride will be using your towels to clean, once she finds out how well they work. They last forever, I have some that are years old.