It's the blade as it only happens occasionally and is not a regular occurrenceIf you are cutting yourself after three years of wetshaving then it ain't the blade. Cuts & irritation (barring allergic reaction to a soap) are always the shaver's fault. Again, it's either faulty prep, bad technique or a razor more aggressive than your needs warrant. One, or a combo, of those three. Don't look for other solutions as there are none and you'll be "wandering in the desert" another three years. There is no shame in admitting that you've been doing something incorrectly.
Thank you. Where should you store blades out of interest ?
I think you've found the root cause Sean. A few months ago I moved some of my blades into the bathroom.In Really Useful Boxes: https://www.reallyusefulstorageboxes.co.uk/ with Silica Gel desiccant sachets on top of a wardrobe. Most important is away from damp and humidity
I think you've found the root cause Sean. A few months ago I moved some of my blades into the bathroom.
What effect would the damp and humidity have on them ?
The cutting edges are coated, they aren't exposed to the atmosphere. However, I keep almost everything shave related in a chest of drawers in the bedroom, just seems to be the smart thing to do. Nothing shave related is on the counter or any where visible in the bathroom.It causes the steel to deteriorate. Razor blades are normally made from low grade stainless steel which is more prone to this
Ditto.The cutting edges are coated, they aren't exposed to the atmosphere. However, I keep almost everything shave related in a chest of drawers in the bedroom, just seems to be the smart thing to do. Nothing shave related is on the counter or any where visible in the bathroom.
Don't strop a coated stainless blade you'll just damage the coating and kill the blade, and blades are cheap anyway.That was surprisingly informative for such a quaint old animated infomercial. Common sense *after* someone gives you that advice, but a lot of that wouldn't have occurred to me, such as taking extra care unwrapping the blade, how to check and correct alignment, and slackening off before rinsing and storage, omitting the drying wipe for fear of damaged edges. To mention nothing of looking at Willy under the microscope, while studiously avoiding mentioning babies' bottoms LOL!
I shall have a much better idea what to do when the Wilkie Classic shows up later this week.
Do people generally strop DE blades though? Thought that was just us SR types? Or is that a post-war austerity measure thing?
Yea, the last thing you said!That was surprisingly informative for such a quaint old animated infomercial. Common sense *after* someone gives you that advice, but a lot of that wouldn't have occurred to me, such as taking extra care unwrapping the blade, how to check and correct alignment, and slackening off before rinsing and storage, omitting the drying wipe for fear of damaged edges. To mention nothing of looking at Willy under the microscope, while studiously avoiding mentioning babies' bottoms LOL!
I shall have a much better idea what to do when the Wilkie Classic shows up later this week.
Do people generally strop DE blades though? Thought that was just us SR types? Or is that a post-war austerity measure thing?
The stropping in the film was for the single edge type of blade, still in widespread use when the film was made. I couldn't quite catch the mechanism being used, but it was either a dedicated stropper like the ASR type, or a razor/stropper in one mechanism like the AutoStrop Valet razors. Likely a Valet, as the brand was mentioned right at the end.Do people generally strop DE blades though? Thought that was just us SR types? Or is that a post-war austerity measure thing?
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