Thread: rinse or wipe the blade?

My Knife Dealer friend ALWAYS keeps a chamois or two at his display table during Gun/Knife Shows. His knives are the real collector species. All high-dollar and all primo. Chamois-Yes!

Originally Posted by Lt.Arclight

I use a Watchmakers trick. Chamois.

Go to the local autoparts store and buy a small natural chamois. It is treated with cod liver oil. DO NOT WASH IT. I cut it into 3x5 inch strips. Not only does it act like a strop,it removes soap scale and polishes the entire blade.

Use the rest on your fine timepieces.

wow, your dating yourself. Most watchmakers either use a svelt cloth or microfiber. Most fine watches come with a polishing cloth which is either microfiber or this satiny stuff like they use for eyeglasses. Keep unwashed chamois away from watch crystals especially anti glare coated ones because the excess oil will make them look terrible.

Originally Posted by chief

same here, but without the stropping. Do you strop on the leather?
Afterwards I wipe the blade with some toiletpaper.

Yes, on a regular hanging leather strop, well, as regular as they come from Poland.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Most fine watches come with a polishing cloth which is either microfiber or this satiny stuff like they use for eyeglasses.

That satiny stuff is microfiber as well... just a different weave pattern. The satin version is common around optics... probably because you don't want a larger piece of grit hiding as it can in the looser woven types.

Regards

Kaptain " I have no idea why I even know that......." Zero

Most of the time i wipe, other times I rinse (something about that statement just doesn't seem right )
Someone posted awhile ago about using a foam rubber coozie to wipe the blade with and it works great, gets the excess lather, keeps my fingers away from the edge, doesn't seem to hurt the edge, and if it gets nicked up so what. Take a knife or scissors and trim it down.

Bob

I'm a rinser.

If I feel the need to wipe during a shave, I rinse, and then I strop the razor up and down on my thigh. And since I am wearing a towel wrapped around my waist during this proceedure, that means I am stropping it on a towel.

I actually rinse during shaving, and wipe only when complete to dry the razor.

Originally Posted by Seraphim

I'm a rinser.

If I feel the need to wipe during a shave, I rinse, and then I strop the razor up and down on my thigh. And since I am wearing a towel wrapped around my waist during this proceedure, that means I am stropping it on a towel.

I am a wiper and a rinser however since I shave commando that blade is going nowhere near my thigh

This could be another epiphany: wipe on newspaper. With the vaunted ultra fine abrasive qualities of well inked newsprint, one's wiping would do a simultaneous pasted-paddle stropping of the razor. A de-suds and re-shine at the same time; no need for a mid-shave strop. Does it get better than that?

Stay tuned, I feel more inspirations may be just moments away.

Originally Posted by Bruce

This could be another epiphany: wipe on newspaper. With the vaunted ultra fine abrasive qualities of well inked newsprint, one's wiping would do a simultaneous pasted-paddle stropping of the razor. A de-suds and re-shine at the same time; no need for a mid-shave strop. Does it get better than that?

Stay tuned, I feel more inspirations may be just moments away.

Did you try that yet?

I think stropping a wet blade on newspaper may have different results than a dry one.....