Thread: Don asks "Where do you keep your blade?"

Originally Posted by donv

One thing that I haven't seen addressed is, what about the blade its self? Every thing I've read on care and storage stresses not storing razors with blades in them. OK, fine, but where do you keep the blade?

Hi Don,
Several weeks ago another member posted that he keeps his DE blades in a jar of alcohol between shaves. I tried to find his post to credit him for his idea, but I had no luck.

His idea makes perfect sense because the enemy of a sharp edge is corrosion. And alcohol both holds water in suspension and prevents oxygen from contacting the blade -- the two cohorts most responsible for common corrosion.

I took a squat wide mouth jar and poured an inch of denatured alcohol into it. When I'm done shaving, I rinse off my blade and drop it into the jar and screw the cap on firmly. When it's time for my next shave, I retrieve the blade using a pair of hemostats but you could use a pair of tweezers, a lady's eyebrow plucker, a pair of vice grips, or whatever will do the job. ;-)

What say, guys? If you do more than just leave your blade in your razor between shaves, share your routine with Don.
Namaste,
Morty -_-

PS: I have verified for myself that I get two or three more shaves from a blade before I'd ordinarily have to replace it if just rinsing it and leaving it in my razor. YMMV