Thread: What to do with the knife after shaving?

Just dry it off with paper and let the water in the pivot dry out, or do I need to oil it, or use hairdryer or....?

I dry mine off as best as I can. If it is wet in the pivot blow the water out. Keep a real light coat of oil on the pivot. Then I strop about 10-15 passes on each side of the blade to get any excess water off the edge.

Originally Posted by bouschie

I dry mine off as best as I can. If it is wet in the pivot blow the water out. Keep a real light coat of oil on the pivot. Then I strop about 10-15 passes on each side of the blade to get any excess water off the edge.

Yeah, that's pretty much how I do it.
I've never oiled any razor in my rotation.
Low humidity paired with a dry place for storage has kept mine spot free for years.

Wonder if baby oil stops rust. Any know?

I only have olive oil and motoroil/wd40. And don't want it to smell when I use it.

Originally Posted by Einar

Wonder if baby oil stops rust. Any know?

I only have olive oil and motoroil/wd40. And don't want it to smell when I use it.

Yeah definitely don't use motor oil. The olive oil would work, but it's more viscous than what I use. Our bathroom is often cold in the mornings, and I think olive oil would gum up. I have a bottle of Classic Shaving brand oil that came with my Hart razors. It works great, but others might have a better suggestion. It's just what I use, and it does a good job.

Originally Posted by vmathis12019

Yeah definitely don't use motor oil. The olive oil would work, but it's more viscous than what I use. Our bathroom is often cold in the mornings, and I think olive oil would gum up. I have a bottle of Classic Shaving brand oil that came with my Hart razors. It works great, but others might have a better suggestion. It's just what I use, and it does a good job.

Ty, Will try and get some proper oil when I have money

The baby oil are made of Canola oil btw.

Found this paper.
http://www.stle.org/assets/document/...e_Additive.pdf
Says that babyoil works, but that there are better oils

I clean of the soap residue with hot water, wrap a towel around the spine and dry it and then strop it quickly to make sure the edge is dry.
No oil needed here, my razors are all ok.

Even though I haven't shaved with my own razor yet, after polishing the entire straight razor I also used hot water afterwards and wrapped it gently in a tower en used that to dry it. Though I still need to make a strop and learn to use it, anyone has a good recommendation for leather choice?

I've followed the recommendations of some members who use Renaissance wax. I carefully dry up my razor with a clean cloth or tissue, strop it a few times and then apply a light coat of RW. I then buff it off completely. This brings the steel to a nice shine and keeps it well protected. This stuff is used by museum curators so it has been field tested extensively.