Thread: A Heads Up For Safety Razor Blade Users

Try it, you'll like it ...........

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...our-razor-last

Hmm. Do cartridges and DE blades use the same steel and coating?

I don't know about the steel but most use either a Platinum or Teflon coating.

Funny, lots of them state "Don't wipe blade" on the wrapping.

I do it since the beginning. I can get 10-12 shaves out of a single Feather blade and probably as many out of a Pol silver SI. Drying the blade just works, as well as exercising care not to dull it in handling.


Truthfully though, unless I'm doing the experiment (testing longevity), I toss then after 3-4 shaves simply out of boredom.

I never have wiped the blade. I run a strong stream of tap water over the blade to make sure any residual lather/whiskers are cleaned off, then I hang the blade on a cup hook screwed into a door jamb. I let it air dry.

From today on I will pat, not wipe, the blade after the above procedure, then hang as usual. I also usually toss them early, but I want to see how this regimen works out.

Originally Posted by Srdjan

Funny, lots of them state "Don't wipe blade" on the wrapping.

I am sure that is a liability thing so if you cut off the end of your finger they warned you!

Not arguing that it would not work but would you spend 1/2 hour of your time to double the life of a blade that cost $0.25?

Originally Posted by 32t

Not arguing that it would not work but would you spend 1/2 hour of your time to double the life of a blade that cost $0.25?

Normal people? Not likely. But in this crowd...?

Originally Posted by 32t

Not arguing that it would not work but would you spend 1/2 hour of your time to double the life of a blade that cost $0.25?

To pat the blade dry takes me about 30 seconds or so. When I was a kid if you left the blade in your Gillette, even rinsed, eventually it got some spots of rust which stained the innards. The base plate usually, not the barn doors. So I got in the absolute habit of removing the blade. More to avoid staining my razor than saving the blade, though that is a bonus. When I was a kid of 16, making $42.72 clear a week, blades weren't cheap.

Running water is natures most powerful force when it comes to erosion. Look at the moon. Without running water that is what the Earth would look like.

I rinse with a gentle stream of water and let it air dry.