Thread: my carbo-magnetic vise ;)

I got kinda scared by the various stories of how people damaged their razors (or themselves) during restoration. So I put this little thing together in the hopes that this won't happen to me.

It's basically three magnets hidden under a big heap of sticky tack (though any putty-like substance would work). The rationale behind it is that the magnets and the stickiness of the putty keep the blade in place, with the putty protecting the blade from the magnets' edges. At the same time you can shape the putty quite easily to support the hollowness of the blade, preventing cracks from too much pressure. At the edge, the putty is folded up/over slightly to prevent accidental cuts to the hands and a rotary tool's catching the edge.

I find that the magnets are pretty strong by themselves, so I do without the extra stickiness and wrap everything into plastic to ease cleanup and blade removal.

What do you guys think?