I use 99% rubbing alcohol to wipe down new to me blades after polishing and honing. Even 99% alcohol contains 1% water... I would not leave a blade in it for a long time... might be cause for some corrosion.

As for the time it takes to disinfect.... when you get a hypodermic shot, the doc/nurse swabs your skin with alcohol for less than 5 seconds. If that's good enough for the pros, it's good enough for me..... I do carefully rub the blade with a swab to give it some mechanical cleaning but considering I've already ground away the surface of the the bevels, there's presumably little left to worry about except whatever might be on my hone/strop.

I agree we should never be careless about this sort of thing, but really... when was the last time you swabbed your hand and your kitchen/pocket knife before cutting yourself in the kitchen/shop? Personally, I get nicked or cut on almost a daily basis at work and there is no possibility of having what I have to work with, cleaned. I'm a letter carrier and I have to deal with 300 old "Approved by the Postmaster General in 1872" type sheet metal mailboxes with lots of sharp edges on the inside (there are times when I'm actually thankful for things *NOT* being made like they used to! ) and I'm always getting cut..... Fortunatly for me, I'm still here to complain about it!

Just my two cents worth.....


Regards

Christian