Drying a blade makes it last 6 months???

[drthrd]

Seen a Clark Howard show the other day and according to him drying a blade will make it last 6 months. Has anyone ever tried this? Did a search for it on his site if anyone is interested Drying your razor blades extends shelf life on clarkhoward.com. Don't know if I believe this or not.

[cooncatbob]

Seen a Clark Howard show the other day and according to him drying a blade will make it last 6 months. Has anyone ever tried this? Did a search for it on his site if anyone is interested Drying your razor blades extends shelf life on clarkhoward.com. Don't know if I believe this or not.

Sorry but at less then $.20 a piece for blades bought in bulk I have no desire to milk extra shaves from a blade.
I bin them after 3 or 4 shave dull or not.

[chainfire]

Sorry but at less then $.20 a piece for blades bought in bulk I have no desire to milk extra shaves from a blade.
I bin them after 3 or 4 shave dull or not.

exactly.

[mdunn]

I call BS on this one.

Even if what he says is true, he's just wiping it on a towel so there is still going to be water on the other side of the blade.

[WhosYerBob]

I call BS on this one.

+1 No way. That's like some of the claims of putting razor blades inside of plastic pyramids.

[MichaelG]

"He revealed that blades don't degrade from shaving, but rather they corrode from the moisture that collects on them once you're done shaving."

I think they degrade from hacking away at stubble. I remember reading that human hair is as hard as copper wire of the same diameter. I don't know if that's true, but I know that mowing down stubble will certainly dull a blade.

Seen a Clark Howard show the other day and according to him drying a blade will make it last 6 months. Has anyone ever tried this? Did a search for it on his site if anyone is interested Drying your razor blades extends shelf life on clarkhoward.com. Don't know if I believe this or not.

[cfriend]

"He revealed that blades don't degrade from shaving, but rather they corrode from the moisture that collects on them once you're done shaving."

I think they degrade from hacking away at stubble. I remember reading that human hair is as hard as copper wire of the same diameter. I don't know if that's true, but I know that mowing down stubble will certainly dull a blade.

Exactly. If keeping and edge sharp is as simple as drying it off, I feel sorry for all those suckers who shelled out big bucks for hones and strops!

[michiganlover]

I call BS on this one.

I call BS as well, especially considering that the article is blatantly promoting a product!!

[Sullybob]

+1 No way. That's like some of the claims of putting razor blades inside of plastic pyramids.

Yeah, but the pyramids really work!

[opliko]

There's also a warning on almost every single blade, "Do not wipe".

[luvmysuper]

There's also a warning on almost every single blade, "Do not wipe".

Simply playing Devil's advocate here, with no stake in this horse race;

1. If you made and sold blades, and wiping them made them last longer, wouldn't you put that on the blade too?

2. In a land where people sue McDonalds because they burn their lap when they spill McD's coffee on it, dumb warning labels abound.

FWIW - I never take the word off the bat of anyone selling a product. Follow the money, and it'll lead you to the truth.

[cfriend]

Simply playing Devil's advocate here, with no stake in this horse race;

1. If you made and sold blades, and wiping them made them last longer, wouldn't you put that on the blade too?

2. In a land where people sue McDonalds because they burn their lap when they spill McD's coffee on it, dumb warning labels abound.

FWIW - I never take the word off the bat of anyone selling a product. Follow the money, and it'll lead you to the truth.

This is the reason for DO NOT WIPE warnings. It is not the drying so much as the finger-slicing that they are worried about.

[Pike]

This is a very interesting thread...I have never heard of, nor would I consider...drying an $.18 blade in hopes of getting 1 more shave! I'm pretty sure more often than not I WOULD cut myself!!

cc

[BobK1]

Well, from my personal experience, I have found that simply not using a blade will prevent it's becoming dull for quite a long time. So long, in fact, that I have many blades that are 20+ years old and just as sharp as the day they were made.

YMMV

Bob

[ShaveAddict]

That looks more of a publicity for me than anything else.

[Monkeydad]

I just added my thoughts to his page. I usually love Clark Howard's advice, but I have to just assume he doesn't know about shaving the "right" way here.

[40boy]

From my own experience I can tell you thoroughly rinsing and drying a multi-blade razor will extend the effective life somewhat.
6 months is a ridiculous claim.
Maybe instead of 4 or 5 shaves, I would get 6 or 7.

I've never bothered to try it with a DE

[gone down south]

From my own experience I can tell you thoroughly rinsing and drying a multi-blade razor will extend the effective life somewhat.
6 months is a ridiculous claim.
Maybe instead of 4 or 5 shaves, I would get 6 or 7.

I've never bothered to try it with a DE

+1. Best case, you can double the lifespan of a DE blade, ie from 4 to 7 or 8 shaves, but that's hardly what he's claiming. Frankly, anyone using a blade that old has just reduced their standards to the point where they don't notice the poor quality shave.

[mmack66]

There's also a warning on almost every single blade, "Do not wipe".

That is so they aren't responsible when some idiot cuts one of their fingers off while in the act of wiping a blade.

[bman40]

Sorry but at less then $.20 a piece for blades bought in bulk I have no desire to milk extra shaves from a blade.
I bin them after 3 or 4 shave dull or not.

Me too - three shaves from a Derby or red pack personna, 4 from a Gillettte Yellow / Shark / Astra Super Platinum