WHere do you store your blades between shaves?

If you use a gold plated razor, you shouldn't dip it in alcohol.

If I'm traveling & have to return my razor (a Sheraton) to it's case, between shaves, I take out the blade, rinse it, dry it & wrap it in the wax paper envelope it came in.

 

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My routine - rinse razor, if I'm using DE89 take it apart, rinse and dry all parts and reassemble it ready for next shave.

 

Rinse under as water as hot as I can get it, shake it out and hang it up. The residual heat evaporates the left over water.

Will N.

 

Rinse it. Dunk it in Mar-V-Cide. Shake it off. Hang razor up to dry.

 

Or if the blade came from a dispenser, I rinse it, dry it, dry the razor, then return the blade to the dry razor.

This keeps the edge from rusting and gives me more shaves per blade.

 

I've never had a blade get rusty on me, and I've never dried a blade. I hand strop, which gets some water off, but not all. Then again, I've never used vintage carbon blades.

 

Great advice in here, I find that my derby blades start to rust between shaves if I don't store or dry them a particular way.

The best I have found is to stand my 2 razors up in my lathering bowl in between shaves, any water drain into the bottom of the bowl and my cupboard stays nice and dry

 

The concept is that oxidation is what causes a blade to go dull prematurely. If the blade is kept reasonably dry and the wet stubble and soap is removed, then the oxidation process is slowed (you'd be surprised how much goop stays on the blade after rinsing under a running faucet).

As for carbon blades, the hone angle must be different from a stainless or platinum blade. Shaving with carbon blades is similar to shaving with an extra hollow ground straight. They're not as smooth as a stainless, but they're sharp and you'll get a close shave. It's a different experience. You'll think they're dull, but they are sharp as hell.

 

So there ya go - hand stropping has its benefits - goop removal! :happy102

Actually I lied. I did try a Segal blade in a Segal razor, just to be able to say I tried it. Twice, as a matter of fact. You're right, definitely not as smooth.

 

Shaving with a NOS carbon blades feels like.....VICTORY!