Thread: Is it safe to leave my razor on the sink?

I keep mine in an old wooden cigar box next to the sink, but I use gel packets you find in shoe boxes, and other items (I think it's silica) to prevent rust. I rinse my blades with hot water, when done shaving I dry them with a towel, run them on the felt and leather. I have two stainless steel blades I use mostly though. The rest of my blades are carbon steel, so I'm not sure how they would fair with this treatment.

Naaaa. I leave it (re. wiping off the oil). But it's really very thin; I just put the folded tissue on top of the bottle, up end it, and wipe the blade. Personally, I'd never use some thing like RP7 (a rust preventative) even if I rinsed the blade before use. No need to use any chemicals as far as I'm concerned.

Kinda depnds on where you live.... I lve in Colorado at 7900 feet... No humidity. I keep my main stable in a old pipe rack hanging above the sink with just a towel wipe off to dry them. The secondary stable is a test tube holder on the counter..

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

I keep mine in an old wooden cigar box next to the sink, but I use gel packets you find in shoe boxes, and other items (I think it's silica) to prevent rust. I rinse my blades with hot water, when done shaving I dry them with a towel, run them on the felt and leather. I have two stainless steel blades I use mostly though. The rest of my blades are carbon steel, so I'm not sure how they would fair with this treatment.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Naaaa. I leave it (re. wiping off the oil). But it's really very thin; I just put the folded tissue on top of the bottle, up end it, and wipe the blade. Personally, I'd never use some thing like RP7 (a rust preventative) even if I rinsed the blade before use. No need to use any chemicals as far as I'm concerned.

Those are both great Ideas that seem easy to do. now I just gotta start saving those packets when ever I get beef jerky


And where do you get eucalyptus oil?

Originally Posted by Wintchase

Kinda depnds on where you live.... I lve in Colorado at 7900 feet... No humidity. I keep my main stable in a old pipe rack hanging above the sink with just a towel wipe off to dry them. The secondary stable is a test tube holder on the counter..

Yeah I live in texas which when I moved here everyone a was complaining about the humidity, felt kind of nice to me. Seemed more humid in Va where I just moved from and Tn where I spent a few days before i left for tx. But I will go with what everyone else says, it's humid here.

I used to keep mine on a shelf right above the sink. They would occasionally get a drop splashed on them. I bought a test tube rack off of fleabay and now they are 2 feet above the sink with lots of air. No more problems even in humid Texas.

Originally Posted by Crotalus

I used to keep mine on a shelf right above the sink. They would occasionally get a drop splashed on them. I bought a test tube rack off of fleabay and now they are 2 feet above the sink with lots of air. No more problems even in humid Texas.

I'll have to consider one of those when I get more razors.

I found the quickest way to make sure a razor is dry besides wiping it off is to give it a blast of air from a hair dryer\blower making sure you also get in between the scales. I finish it off with a light coat of mineral oil applied with a Q-tip. Done in less than a minute

Letting it sit in a damp bathroom is not recommended

Of course, you could always try some Turtle Wax.

I have to be the worst man ever to have been given the privilege of owning a straight razor lol. I leave my blades beside the sink to dry and place my blades in a cabinet that's in my Den afterward! : )

I dry and strop my blades when I am done but they get wet... very wet when shaving, as I dunk my blade in a basin full of water on every shave. Moreover, I hardly ever use oil anymore!

Now it's not that I advocate for this, but after struggling for months trying to maintain my blades with oil, storing them in my bedroom, and generally spending nearly as much time making sure my blades stayed in good trim... well, it took away from my enjoyment. And as far as I could tell, helped very little. Heck I even blued a blade to prevent rust (looks good - smells bad)!

So far, so good with respect to leaving my blades in the old den! If in a year or two I have to sand one down – well that’ll be easy enough for me to do : ). Of course - YMMV