Thread: How do you store your razor between shaves? Do you have some pics to share?

As a relatively knew straight razor addict, I'm curious as to how you guys are storing your razors between shaves.

Have you got a stand?

Do you just put them in the medicine cabinet?

Have you got a custom rack built?

Do you dry them out and put them back in the box (if they came with one)?





Please post your methods, and if you have pics, that is even better.






EDIT: A side question as well: I'm sure it is possible to get storage cases for razors, but where do you guys buy yours from? Links would be helpful. Looking for a variety of different types, ranging from cheap sheaths, to nice leather sheaths, to hard containers (i.e. 1 or 2 razor storage boxes with latching lids), etc.

I don't have a stand because my wife is afraid of the razors and space is tight. I have ten razors at the moment. I dry them well and oil the blade and put them in a cabinet in the bathroom. Seven are in a Dovo 7-day leather case. Two Wapis that I travel with (because they aren't expensive and are easy to replace if lost) are in a Dovo 2-razor case and one razor is in an individual leather sheath.

being cheap, I picked up a empty wooden silverware box and use that to store mine.After using one I always put a thin layer of baby oil (mineral oil will do also) on the blade before I put it away.

There is a "Shave Den" thread over on the Shaving thread http://straightrazorpalace.com/shavi...en-parade.html to give you a better idea. We don't have a lot of gear yet as we're also just starting out, but I'm sure once RAD bites more suitable storage will have to be agreed upon.

I put them back in their own box in the bathroom. No rust issue. I never oil them, too much fuss.

I keep mine in a wooden cabinet drawer in my computer room. This room is very dry so there aren't any issue with rust.

After shaving I rinse it under hot water, wipe them down with a paper tissue and blow dry them with a hair dryer. Than it's back in the drawer.

Being kind of a pocket knife collector I have more than 200 in that cabinet and over the years never had any rust or tarnish on them.

Good luck

Originally Posted by Silver

There is a "Shave Den" thread over on the Shaving thread http://straightrazorpalace.com/shavi...en-parade.html to give you a better idea. We don't have a lot of gear yet as we're also just starting out, but I'm sure once RAD bites more suitable storage will have to be agreed upon.

I actually did look through that thread before I made this one. I was looking for more specifics from users about their storage methods and contraptions, rather than just general pictures of their shave dens

I don't have any one box. I have most in a Gerstner Box and a bunch more in a 12 place box made by one of the members here and another 10 in a vintage box I refinished and a bunch more in some wood pen boxes and a bunch more in the boxes they came in. If I had only known how many razors I would wind up with I could have better planned but Se la Vie.

I have a small cardboard box on my TV stand which is beside my door. Ya, I'm pretty cheapo.

I put mine in inexpensive stack-able plastic pencil boxes with a packet of renewable desiccant. The ones that are large enough to hold about 12 razors in their own boxes.