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Head Shaving, Grooming & Care => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: stasiu on January 30, 2013, 07:12:54 AM

Title: How To Extend Your Razor's Life
Post by: stasiu on January 30, 2013, 07:12:54 AM

Not sure if this link was mentioned before.  I tried this and it works !

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-extend-the-life-of-your-Razor-Blade-keeping/

Title: Re: How To Extend Your Razor's Life
Post by: mahaw90 on January 30, 2013, 09:03:09 AM

Cheers dude will give this a try

Title: Re: How To Extend Your Razor's Life
Post by: Switchy on January 30, 2013, 03:01:49 PM

Thanks bro.,

I am going to give that a try.  No lie on pricey !  Wonder if that works on Headblade blades ?

Title: Re: How To Extend Your Razor's Life
Post by: slyjoe on January 30, 2013, 03:07:24 PM

Hmm....

Interesting. I could kind of see this work. Like stropping the strait razor.

Title: Re: How To Extend Your Razor's Life
Post by: Gary~ on January 30, 2013, 03:51:53 PM

Quote from: Switchy on January 30, 2013, 03:01:49 PM

Thanks bro.,

I am going to give that a try.  No lie on pricey !  Wonder if that works on Headblade blades ?

There's a bloke on youtube who does the same thing but then dips the cartridge in alcohol then air dries. He mentions that he gets 5 to 6 months of use for a HeadBlade cartridge.

I reckon it seems like a terrific idea -- why throw this stuff away in landfill when you can use it for ages longer and save lots of money too?

I'm now on day 21 of my headblade cartridge. After use I strop if twice on the inside of my arm [mostly to clean and dry it a bit] then dip it in metho to air dry. I haven't noticed any difference from day 1. When I start noticing a difference then I will get the jeans out and start stropping.

Title: Re: How To Extend Your Razor's Life
Post by: greatnessinc on January 31, 2013, 02:01:50 PM

I tried this once before and didn't have much luck with it. Perhaps I'll give it another go some day.

Title: Re: How To Extend Your Razor's Life
Post by: Jay on May 25, 2013, 08:56:35 AM

What's missing from this is pre shave stropping.

Any straight shaver will tell you stropping before use gives a smoother edge than stropping after for the next days shave.