Thread: Messy razor help.

Originally Posted by planetocean

Thanks for your reply.

The reason I used cold water as I thought hot water and in particular steaming hot water would cause the razor to lose some hardening?

But that was only my theory.

Thanks.

you do not have water that hot as to damage the temper of the steel.
Also Camelia oils will work just fine for preservation of the blade, it is used a lot in Japan for coating carbon steel blades. I do think your problem is the storage of the blade.