Thread: Warning about certain oil on your razor

I use choji oil, mineral oil, or gun oils on my razors in my rotation/display case as it will be at least 22 days until I get to it again...just a safe precaution to protect my shaving jewels.

Recently I had read about folks using Camellia & figured I would try it out: 16 oz Camellia Oil 100 Pure Uncut | eBay I can tell you that you should be careful about Camellia oil. The reason why is because this oil literally turned to a sap-like substance on the razors in my rotation. My rotation is 22 razors in a display case and when I came back around to the camellia oiled razors the oil wouldn't wipe off...my hand towel stuck and it took me about 30 minutes to clean the sticky, real sticky, goop off. It had remained clear, so I didn't have a visual warning that this was happening. It didn't harm the blade, but about half of my razors needed a thorough cleaning and touched-up...a couple needed to go back to 8K then back up.

With this being said, the product that I purchased is not for straight razors & I will stick with what I know to work: Choji, mineral, or gun oil. None of these will harm a blade.

Moral of the story is that I may not have had true camellia oil or camellia oil may not be good for razor's being stored for 20-30 days. I just wanted to share this experience with you guys as this was frustrating to say the least & possibly warn you...