Thread: 1st attempt

Originally Posted by VonDerBerg

carlmaloschneider - Is camellia oil okay to use? And do you just let it sit on the blade until next use or do you wipe it off soon after application?

commiecat has answered, and I think you'll get better advice from him of course than me! :-) I only use Eucalyptus oil because that was what I had in the house; and I believe it has antiseptic qualities; it's a very light oil, possibly even too light. Seems a lot of guys use Camellia oil. I may buy some soon :-) I dry my blade on a dry bath towel (I don't strop after shaving), then wipe the blade and the scales and between the scales with the oil. I myself don't want to use the strop to dry the razor; simply because I want as little moisture on the strop as possible; the damp bathroom where it lives is damp enough. Not sure of any LOGICAL reason behind that thought, just thinking a damp strop wouldn't be a good think; might be completely silly idea, really?

Originally Posted by VonDerBerg

carlmaloschneider - Is camellia oil okay to use? And do you just let it sit on the blade until next use or do you wipe it off soon after application?

After each shave, I throughly clean my razor in hot water and I wipe it down with tissue the same way as "carlmaloschneider", then I do a 16 stroke strop on the webbing fabric, then 60 on the latigo leather strop, then I apply the Camellia oil then into the case it goes. I use my razors daily, but I do not take anything for granted, I use the oil for daily storage.

Originally Posted by pmburk

After each shave, I throughly clean my razor in hot water and I wipe it down with tissue the same way as "carlmaloschneider", then I do a 16 stroke strop on the webbing fabric, then 60 on the latigo leather strop, then I apply the Camellia oil then into the case it goes. I use my razors daily, but I do not take anything for granted, I use the oil for daily storage.

Please, call me Carl, I've gotta start putting 'Carl' at the end of my posts, I'm thinking maybe my entire name was a poor choice of login name :-)

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Please, call me Carl, I've gotta start putting 'Carl' at the end of my posts, I'm thinking maybe my entire name was a poor choice of login name :-)

Hi Carl,
Will do and thanks. Yeah, I need to start closing my posts with "Patrick".

Carl,

Do you let the oil sit on the scales? Does it matter what the scales are made of?

Originally Posted by VonDerBerg

Carl,

Do you let the oil sit on the scales? Does it matter what the scales are made of?

Hi again, the oil is of course VERY light, I moisten a tissue from the bottle (just place the tissue on the bottle top and tip it up) and wipe all the razor blade. Then I rub the scales, and then fold the tissue and rub inside; between the blades. I don't rub it off. It IS a very light oil, seems to keep any rust at bay. The scales on my razor are probably celluloid or plastic, not sure (made '41 - '42). They don't affect my scales at all, and in fact bought the brass pins up nice and shiny, I'm not sure what it might do to OTHER scale material. I guess with all questions like this, use a little on a non obvious place first, like inside the scales :-)
Hope this helps.

Carl

Thanks for the detailed info. I'm a perfectionist with many things (unfortunately) so specifics are very important to me.