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I too use bees' wax for this and it works great. In fact I may have been the person who taught Rob how to do that. I figured for a beginners thread it might be a bit much, but if anyone is curious...

As for oiling the razor there is a readily available solution: mineral oil available at any drugstore works. Some don't like it because it pools, but a beginner doesn't usually have a lot of razors...