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Earlier in this thread I mentioned that quite a few blades have the stern injunction on the packaging "Do not wipe blade" or words to that effect. I guess that the people who make and sell them have good reasons for such instructions, and likely they're not to prevent people cutting their fingers.Interesting. I know nothing and am probably doing it wrong but given that I have no concerns about safety, my philosophy is to do as little as possible to the blade for fear of blunting it. Hence I rinse the razor with the blade in (loose cap or doors) and don't try to dry it. Generally I get 4 uses and don't really hope for any more than that so it just gets binned, I thoroughly clean the razor and move on to a different one just to keep things interesting.
I once tried to strop an AC blade that was about finished anyway just to see what happened. Waste of time. I think the less contact the blade has with anything the better.
Are you saying that the pyramid blade sharpener was a scam? Blasphemy!When Gillette was the only gun in town, blades were expensive relative to wages. My dad kept a jar of oil in the bathroom for blades. This was the 1950s, and Stainless Steel blades were not yet made. Blades would quickly rust without the oil.
There was a rumour that the blade dropped in the oil would align itself to magnetic north, thereby re-aligning the edge molecules and keep the blade sharp. It worked about the same as putting the blade under a pyramid - it didn't work.
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