Shopping for new blades for my old razor I realized that the gel used on the blades could not be vegan. I didn’t want to check online if they were vegan and as I realized that the blades for my old razor cost about the same as a saftey razor + 5 blades, I bought the safety razor.
Like it so far, was a little concerened to cut myself but slow and steady wins the raze (haha, get it…?) It leaves a tiny, tiny stubble, but maybe that is just me getting used to the new razor. What I like is that it is much easier to clean, since you can remove the blade and rinse it off or even disinfect it. Should I disinfect my blade? Dullsters on the internet, what is your wisdom?
One thing I haven’t seen mentioned is safe disposal. You’ll need to pick up a razor blade slot for the house (landlord probably wouldn’t be happy): https://maggardrazors.com/products/maggard-razors-blade-bank-used-blades-lifetime-wall-slot
I bought a 100 pack and every 5 come in a separate little box. I rewrap the used blade in the new one’s paper and slide them back into one of the boxes.
There should be a slot on the back to slide old blades into
Man I’ve been using this thing for almost 20 years and never knew that. Thanks for the tip!
Just need a large steel can that broth or juice come in. Use some type of blade or chisel to punch out a slot.
Save broth or juice in another container.
Clean out can. Even a small soup can size can hold a lot of blades.
Or you can get a sharps bucket, which are cheap enough and incredibly easy to make
Or an altoids tin, or similar
Small mason jar, cut up a plastic lid, cut a slot in it.
My uncle’s house had one of these.
I’m like how do you clean the blades out?
And he said you don’t, they just pile up in the wall.
Just seems like an unsanitary way to dump old blades to fester, LOL
How does metal fester?
So in my uncles case the house was already 100 years old. Imagine the dead skin cells being dumped into the wall with the razor, possible still wet. So you have a wall growing bacteria and mold off of skin residue and dampness. Just nasty disposal method.
Put them in an altoids tin, when its full bring it to the metal recycle place for melting.
A pill bottle works just as well, as long as the top is wide enough.
Every 10 pack of razors I’ve bought has a little slot in the back for old razors. I’d that not a common thing?