Thread: razor oil questions

Great tip Rich, thanks for the heads up...now if you'll excuse me i have a couple razors to oil!

I live in SC. I didn't oil my first few straights -- big mistake.

Now I dry the blade, using a cloth towel on it and then a paper towel between the scales and around the pivot. Then I strop X 10 on linen. Then I use RemOil (gun oil) in an aerosol can, squirting directly on the pivot fr both sides, then along the blade and tang and wipe with my fingers.

I've used the same can of oil for about a year now -- feels as full as when i first bought it ( for a couple of dollars).

I haven't had a problem with the pivot going "loose" on me -- others have warned about this, though. No rust since using this strategy, and sometimes it may be a year or more before I revisit a particular razor.

Oh -- one more thing. I always wash the blade with hand soap post-shave before drying it. Shaving soap, in my experience, leads to the dreaded black spots and stains even with rinsing, and I want it off the steel.