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    Default Drying the inside of the handle of a Straight Razor

    I saw Lynn Abrams use a piece of toilet tissue to dry out the inside of the handle (schales) of a straight razor on a video after he got done shaving and before putting it away. I have done that but at times the paper didn't want to co-operate and was a PITA to get up in there. Now, it's a piece of cake.
    I use the "hook" at the end of the tang, the "monkey's tail" and put the paper on the razor scales and use the hook to pull it though. Quite easy now to get the paper in. Merely move the razor blade so that the "end" is out of the scale and pointing back to the handle and put the paper on the handle and rotate the blade so that it grabs the paper and hooks it and drags it though the handle. When on the other side, the paper comes off the blade "hook" but the TP is now on the inside and you merely swipe up and down with the paper to get rid of any latent water that might still be in there. You don't want water in the handle part when you close up the blade and put it away.
    Just thought it might be useful for some newcomer as I found it now a breeze to dry out the inner part of the handle after shaving.
    Last edited by Gibbs; 06-16-2011 at 04:37 PM.
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