Thread: Should I oil or vasiline my razor after every use?

Used Balistol for years, it works well on any ferrous items and it is very light. One drop on each side, distributed with fingers and a light wipe with a small square of cloth used routinely for that purpose. I live a few hundred yards from salt water, so it only takes a minor oversight to have rust sprouting from anything not treated

+1 on the paste wax. I will wax after honing and have no problems with rust on the blade, but I do use oil on the pivot pin.

I also use mineral oil when I'm storing them, I keep them in a pocket in my shaving bag zipped closed under my bathroom sink in the vanity.. Haven't had any problems but what I think I'm gonna do is store them in a Rubbermaid container with a silica gel as soon as the collection becomes bigger..

Tip Im also gonna start to do is a a envelope sealer the type u can fill up with water that has a lil sponge on top filled with mineral oil will do the trick..

Call me a traditionalist, but I also use WD-40 and of the can is not handy, I have my trusty and very old metal can of 3 and 1 which works just fine, and his still half-full after many years of use I just like the metal can JMHO