Do you leave the blade in the razor?

I generally remove the blade and place it on a microfiber cloth and fold it over then gently press to dry it.
then very gently rub in the direction of the blade edges with the cloth (being careful not to touch or rub the cutting edge with the cloth) to remove soap/hair that's stuck to the blade (if it looks clean after the press dry I sometimes skip this step).
then I dry the razor then put the blade back in the razor and store them in my bedroom draw with all my shaving supplys.

I've never had any issues with this method.
 
I rinse and dry the razor and the blade and put the blade in the razor I will be using next. Usually the same razor as I like to use one razor for the life of the blade.
 
I got my mum a wilkinson sword premium TTO because when she saw mine she decided she wanted one, she just uses it and leaves it on the shower floor! I'm guessing it's still better then my Gillette fusion which she was using with 5+ year old blades, I left it behind when I moved out and I'm sure she was still using the blades that I left with it (they looked very worn). She seems to like the safety razor though, she just needs to learn to change blades more often.
 
Disassemble razor, remove and rinse blade and razor under piping hot water, pat dry blade and dry razor with a small 'pilfered'* Riu hotel face towel, replace blade in whichever razor is up for use next time

* I don't make a habit of 'pilfering' hand towels from hotels . . . . I promise . . . .
 
i take the blade out, leave it dry completely. In the meantime i dry and polish the razor thoroughly. Then i put the dried and cleaned blade in. That's it. However, i only use a single blade for max. 2 shaves: There's no point IMHO in using the old bad habit we inherited from carts, where we have to stretch the max possible shaves from a very costly cart. Here we have a blade that costs 0.1 euros so..please!!!!
 
TobyC said:
Leave it in if it's SS, never had a problem, don't clean it or dry it either, comes out when it's dead.

And I don't wash and dry my soap either.
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This. Obviously won't rust.

I'm a simple creature, I may like to indulge in a wet shave but I don't like faffing. Each to their own but just seems to be an extra job that doesn't need doing in my humble opinion.
 
shavingnoob65 said:
i take the blade out, leave it dry completely. In the meantime i dry and polish the razor thoroughly. Then i put the dried and cleaned blade in. That's it. However, i only use a single blade for max. 2 shaves: There's no point IMHO in using the old bad habit we inherited from carts, where we have to stretch the max possible shaves from a very costly cart. Here we have a blade that costs 0.1 euros so..please!!!!
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Give each type of blade a fair go first though as some of them offer their best shaves at the 3rd or 4th go. Supermax Blue Diamond Titanium are good examples of this along with Gillette Silver Blues - my personal opinion of course!
 
I dip my already rinsed and dismantled razor and blade in IPA. Leave all the parts on tissue whilst I dress, by which time the IPA has evaporated. I then reinsert the blade and assemble the razor ready for next time. Unfortunately due to the Coronavirus crisis, IPA is probably hard to get hold of at present.
 
Philtrum said:
I dip my already rinsed and dismantled razor and blade in IPA. Leave all the parts on tissue whilst I dress, by which time the IPA has evaporated. I then reinsert the blade and assemble the razor ready for next time. Unfortunately due to the Coronavirus crisis, IPA is probably hard to get hold of at present.
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IPA =???
 
Philtrum said:
I dip my already rinsed and dismantled razor and blade in IPA. Leave all the parts on tissue whilst I dress, by which time the IPA has evaporated. I then reinsert the blade and assemble the razor ready for next time. Unfortunately due to the Coronavirus crisis, IPA is probably hard to get hold of at present.
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Took me a moment to realise you weren't talking about Indian Pale Ale
 
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