Thread: Store tang up or down

I took someone's advice here and picked up a toothbrush holder at Target for a razor stand. They've got zillions of em all different styles. Very cool.

Anyway, my question is when storing a razor in a stand should the tang be up or down? After shaving I always wipe an dry my razors off, so nothing should be dripping off them, but you never know.

Thanks

I would go tang down. I imagine that the blade is less likely to come open that way, and if it does there is nothing for the cutting edge to bang up against. Also, Spike and French points could be kind of fragile so there is risk of them breaking should the blade come open.

Not a scientific study, just my thoughts on the matter.

We go tang down

I keep mine flat on miniature velvet cushions.

My manservant Gustave holds them flat in satin gloved hands, except when he is insolent and puts on the cotton.

For which he is, of course, soundly thrashed.

Originally Posted by rupert87

I keep mine flat on miniature velvet cushions.

I keep mine flat too, though eventually I'm going to find a nice pipe rack or something to tidy up my dresser. SWMBO doesn't like razor sharp razors just kind of floating around...

I go tang up, but that is mostly because the holes in my toothbrush holder aren't large enough to hold the wedge end of most of my razors. Plus I like being able to have the scale in the toothbrush holder and have the blade sort of dangle over the holder to dry the blade out.

Gentlemen,

I store mine tang down.

Recently an acquaintance built two 12-slot razor racks for me (they resemble pipe racks with holes on top). My specification included storage with the tang down. Soon I will stain the racks.

By the way, after the first of the year, when my Christmas gift camera arrives, I will post some photos of the racks.

Regards,

Obie

I always store mine flat. Here are some of them in a machinist's tool box. It seems to me if I was going to store them vertically It would be tang up. Less chance of the razor opening unintentionally if I was careless picking it up. Twenty years of doing structural steel erection in my younger days taught me to anticipate unsafe conditions.

Edit; I wrote tang down and I meant tang up. Corrected the typo.

I go tang up because it's the safest end to grab. Those of us who have Lynn's video know that he also goes tang up.

Jerry
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