Thread: best way to store a razor...for 15 or so years

so we just had our 3rd child - another girl . so the tally ends up 1 boy and 2 girls. seeing as this is the last one for us, I now know there are certain things only my son will get. with that in mind, I am gonna put away one cheapy beginner 1/2 hollow and one slam dunk razor - possibly a wacker 7/8 or a dovo 55 7/8. I am gonna wrap em up in special anti rust paper and was thinking of rubbing the blades down with some type of oil as well -

they will be stored in a locked wooden box I made for my son to hold a few doodads I want to pass down to him when the time is right. the box is made by hand with only handtools 100 percent.

any other precautions I should take considering the box will be opened very few times over the next 15 plus years.

TIA

If you are going to put it away for fifteen years, remember where you put it. I can't remember where I put things yesterday.

Nice idea, 44. Could you tell us what else is going in this box?

If it were me, I think I'd use an old (in restored condition) trunk. Something about trunks says treasure. My grandfather had one and when he died I restored it and used it to stores things. You can fit bigger things in as well.

Rubbing the blades with oil is probably the most important thing you can do. I'm not sure if you would want to use a machine oil, or a stock cooking oil though.

I believe that you can purchase cloths that have been pre-treated with anti-rust Tuf-Glide that you can wrap the razor(s) in after oiling them before putting them in the box.

BTW...Do you have a safety deposit box at a local bank? Depending on the size of your heirloom box, that would be a good place to store it.

+1 on Tuf-Glide. Maybe put in some dessecants as well.

Originally Posted by markevens

Rubbing the blades with oil is probably the most important thing you can do. I'm not sure if you would want to use a machine oil, or a stock cooking oil though.

Do not use cooking oils for long term storage, they get all gummy and hard.

Cosmoline is great stuff for long term storage that isn't sealed airtight. I've known people to use Mylar tubes filled with inert gas and sealed for long term storage.

Cosmoline would probably work well... it's like thick vasoline.
I'll check my gun safe and see if I have any rifles I could scrape a few razors worth off of... Chi-com / Soviet weaponry often came packed in enough cosmoline to store a household full of metal.... I've cleaned several rifles off that were stored in cosmoline for 50+ years and the looked like new.

Use renascience wax, so far as I know it's designed for museum quality steel going into storage, less likely to be affected by temperature than the oil is...

Originally Posted by ndw76

If you are going to put it away for fifteen years, remember where you put it. I can't remember where I put things yesterday.

Sounds like you suffer from the same affliction as I do CRS