Thread: oiling razors

I stopped oiling my blades a few years ago. Now i store them in a case (after Drying them) with silica packets. Never had a problem with my razors spotting up.

I'm with you Colin. No oil, just store them in a nice dry place. And maybe add one of these to the cabinet.

Silica Gel Dehumidifiers - Lee Valley Tools

True. I keep mine vertical in wrench organizers in a cabinet. Assorted desiccant baggies are strewn pretty much all underneath.
I always go for the desiccant baggie as someone opens somethin' up!

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

I'm with you Colin. No oil, just store them in a nice dry place. And maybe add one of these to the cabinet.

Silica Gel Dehumidifiers - Lee Valley Tools

I have those exact one's in my razor chest, along with assorted dessicant packs (same as you sharptonn, grab em quick), a drop of Tuf-Glide once on the pivot pin, into razor socks and thats it...geez reading this, makes it sound like the only thing I'm missing is locking them in a vacuum sealed vault.

Originally Posted by Phrank

...geez reading this, makes it sound like the only thing I'm missing is locking them in a vacuum sealed vault.

It could happen!

Originally Posted by Wullie

Not really. Dallas/Ft Worth is on the edge of the TX green belt. Our humidity doesn't run as high as the Houston area but it is far from what I'd classify as arid. Most of the time, our dew points are in the 50's and 60's. I do have central heat and AC which helps keep the humidity inside the house lower.

I store my user razors in a big Plano tackle box but I have no dryers inside it. The stuff in there doesn't get exposed to any big temperature swings so there is no issue with condensation.

From your on the road pictures I didn't envision you in a Humid Subtropical climate.

Originally Posted by 32t

From your on the road pictures I didn't envision you in a Humid Subtropical climate.

Texas has a weather phenomena known as "the dry line". It's usually parked out in the area where most of those road pics were taken. About 30-40 miles West of Ft Worth is where it usually stays. It is a weather maker every now and then as it sometimes acts like a cold front and causes enough lift to kick off some big storms. Most of the gulf humidity is piped North and stays East of the dry line. The dry line has been pushed back by all the new population growth. People have planted a LOT trees in areas that never had trees as well as well watered lawns. When I was a kid, those old evaporative coolers would freeze your nads off in this area. Now all they'll do is make things mildew.

I can't stand E Texas and don't enjoy Houston in the summer time. I prefer the lower humidities, but not necessarily the stuff like the folks out in So AZ and some parts of So Kali see. I did a couple of winters in Wyoming and remember well the bloody noses, and split knuckles from the humidity reading that stayed in low teen and single digits for weeks at a time. Not fun as I recall. Stuff don't rust down to nothing up there though. Found lots of pieces of iron left over from the Oregon Trail days that other than a nice smooth brown patina, was pretty much as it was cast back in the mid 1800's.