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    Default 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.

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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by ndw76 View Post
    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

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    My closest friends recently lost all their belongings in an apartment fire, so I have been very wary of this lately. If you aren't keeping it in a safety deposit box, then be sure it is in a fireproof safe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 44Whiskas View Post
    any other precautions I should take considering the box will be opened very few times over the next 15 plus years.
    If you don't plan to open the box very often for the next 15 years or so, you will need to take extraordinary precautions against corrosion. +1 on the suggestion to keep your son's gift box in a bank safety deposit box as the vault will be climate controlled.

    When I was in the Navy on a sub, metal items in long-term storage on the boat that absolutely could not be allowed to corrode were coated with cosmoline. Even direct contact with sea water would not corrode the metal. When the part was needed, ordinary kerosene (we had JP-5 jet fuel, which is inferior kerosene) was all that was needed to remove it. Cosmoline should not hurt the scales, provided they aren't ivory or horn or some other porous material.

    You can learn more about cosmoline and where to purchase small amounts on Google.
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    Quote Originally Posted by markevens View Post
    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.

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