Thread: Hand towel woes.

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?

Don't use towels so no issues there. I do use a damp sponge to wipe my blade on. Cheap dollar store ones will do, just toss them when they get too cut up.

Bob

First you need to remember. Rule number 1, "The wife is always right". Rule number 2, "Even when you know you are right revert to Rule Number 1".

Also, "A happy wife is a happy life".

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'd say stop using her towels. When I first started wet shaving I went to the bathroom store on a mainland trip and bought a dozen towels all the same, that do not match any of the other towels in the house. Those were shaving towels, and no matter how many I used it should be just fine.

I use toilet paper to wipe lather off the blade. That way I can throw it into the trash when done and not have to worry about extra laundry. Also, if your using a strong-scented soap the lather loaded tissue will freshen up the bathroom for a couple of hours post shave.

Someday I might buy one of those bowls with a rubber cup like I've seen some barbers use to wipe lather off.http://straightrazorpalace.com/misce...drip-bowl.html

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.