Originally Posted by
earcutter
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