Love Using the Blade Disposal Slot in the Medicine Cabinet - Anyone Else?

[polaar]

I live in a 50s ranch and the medicine cabinet in my Shave Den is original to the house, so it has one of those slots for used blades that I remember in my parents' first house. Whenever I use it I feel as if I've gone back in time. Such a silly pleasure that none of my friends would understand!

[Kraid]

Too cool! Any pics? :-D I live in a box made of ticky-tacky in the late 80s. :(

[DOLLARBILL]

I live in a log home no such luck!
Enjoy Your Shave!

[Banjoman]

I remodel homes to pay for my RAD. You would'nt believe what it's like opening up a bathroom wall after 50 years of razor accumulation. SCARY!

[Kraid]

I remodel homes to pay for my RAD. You would'nt believe what it's like opening up a bathroom wall after 50 years of razor accumulation. SCARY!

Pics of this too! :-D

[Mad Man]

i believe i saw a pic of a house that was renovated and the space behind one of these cabinets was choc full of bladey goodness.

cant recall the thread...

damn.

[mrt88]

That sounds like an amazing idea. I've never seen or heard of such a thing in the UK, is it an American tradition?

[Luc]

Those previous threads had pictures
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/141439-Bathroom-renovation-yielded-lots-of-old-blades
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/127289-Blade-Bank-and-a-Discovery?p=1813324#post1813324

[Useless shaver]

That sounds like an amazing idea. I've never seen or heard of such a thing in the UK, is it an American tradition?

Never heard of it either! Pics, please, please..

[Nicks&Cuts]

Wow. Didn't know such a wonderful thing existed. I want one!

[Useless shaver]

Those previous threads had pictures
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/141439-Bathroom-renovation-yielded-lots-of-old-blades
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/127289-Blade-Bank-and-a-Discovery?p=1813324#post1813324

Impressive and very useful and witty!

I bought a metallic piggy bank (Do you say so?), like a soup tin, with a big slot, for hundreds of blades! Just 80 cents of euro.

[ackvil]

What are going to do in 150 years when the slot may be filled to capacity? :sneaky2:

Years ago, many hotels and motels had the same thing.

[Sledgehammer39]

Don't have one of those, sounds cool!

[itsmedave]

I love mine!!! I didn't find out about till after Thread #1 convinced me to go look

[cnnc97]

I wish I had one in my house. If we ever move and build or at least re-finish a bathroom I would love to do this.

[nortac]

When I was growing up, it seemed that all in wall medicine cabinets had them. I had them in the houses I grew up in, built in the mid 1900s or earlier. Part of a bygone era.

[polaar]

Too cool! Any pics?

Here's a pic of it in action!
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e171/polaar/slot.jpg

[itsmedave]

Here's a pic of it in action!
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e171/polaar/slot.jpg

I hope you got the required number of shaves out of that one before dropping it !! My cabinet looks exactly the same!!

[Chevyguy]

I remodel homes to pay for my RAD. You would'nt believe what it's like opening up a bathroom wall after 50 years of razor accumulation. SCARY!

Been there done that, it's not fun.

Clayton

[Old Prohaska]

I remember the razor slot in my parent's bathroom cabinet--now I wish I had one (hmmm...where's my Dremel tool?).

-OP

[Hawkeye5]

I've remodeled my bath and it is something to see old blades piled up on the plate. None-the-less I use the slot in my one remaining cabinet with one to dump blades if I don't have a plastic dispenser that accepts used blades. As I mostly use Swedes, so far there are not many down the slot!

[JHCC]

Can create certain hazards, though:

http://fortworthinspector.com/kentsblog/?p=11

[pipskicks]

Wonder what else it does! Cool idea but I really do think I'd much rather use a empty can of soup etc. In fact I just make sure to wrap them in their wrappers and some toilet paper and just toss it in the trash. I would use the soup can or do something else if children were ever around though.


Can create certain hazards, though:

http://fortworthinspector.com/kentsblog/?p=11

[pipskicks]

Out of curiosity, have you seen one set up so that the blades don't just fall in between the walls? I would never want blades in the walls (what happens in a terrible earthquake????), but I could see using some kind of receptacle that can be retrieved and emptied (even if only once every 10 years).

Would be interesting to have a decent receptacle, I just can't rationalize doing that to my walls for a tiny bit of added convenience. Not to mention the issue of having someone work on your house who never saw a safety razor. I wonder if their first thought is "damn someone here does a lot of drugs!" Maybe it's my age, but friends who use cartridges seem to assume razors=drugs.