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I was happy with the Balistoil, but my wife put the nix on it after I stunk up the bathroom one evening after a strop-a-thon and re-oiling of 3-4 razors.

Thus my quest for a replacement. I have...

Bruce.

BRUCE!

BRUCE!!!!

Get a grip man! You came into this thread as a voice of reason. Now just take a look at yourself. Razors in condoms in old ammo boxes?:nono: Oh the humanity!

just...

I've been using a somwhat over neetsfooted Starter strop for that purpose as of late.

I can't say what the effectiveness is of it, but it can't hurt.

However, I now can sleep peacefully...

Long story short:

Got a bottle of camella oil from Woodcraft yesterday.
http://www.woodcraft.com/images/family/web4257.jpg

No nasty smell like the balistol, coats and sticks well to the...

I'll copyright the name, and you can split half of the profits of the multinational corporation we shall found.

For further corrosion experiments, way beyond olive oil and baking soda, check out...

And I still say that more research needs to be done on ceramic razor blades. They'd never rust.

They said that they tried it, but they were too sharp to use.

I think that would be an easy...

Isn't this called Chrome Ox?:D


And what I took from that article is that if you cover your edge in vaseline as soon as you are done with it, your edge may last indefinitely (still need to...

Forget the olive oil (and baking soada...) I just ordered up some camella oil.

Bruce, I'm glad to see that I may have converted you to the wonderful world of razor care neurosis:D.

The beautiful thing about it is that it's the things that you just can't see that can drive...

Thanks Bruce for the reality dope-slap:(;)

Actually that is the proceedure I had been following for a while. But I now have a few more razors in my rotation (strange how that happens....:p) and I...

Thanks, that solves my question.

I tried using olive oil tonight, but it really seemed ti bead right up on the blade, not "stick". I'll go out and find some minearal oil...

thanks guys

Bad jokes aside (OK, that was actually pretty good...;)) What do you use for short term storage?

In my estimation: The quote "wherever you go, there you are" is from Buckaroo Banzai from 1984.

I've been using Ballistol (came with my LeGrelot from Rasurpur) as my razor protective layer. Seems to work just fine.

However it smells like a litterbox of a cat with digestive problems, and...