hygiene assurance of razor blades?

**rav** · 03-15-2009, 07:13 PM

Hello All,

Another case of my paranoia running wild, but do you worry about the hygiene assurance of the razor blades that we use?

I assume that Derbys and Dorcos are probably okay as they are the larger companies, but what about the others?

Or am I just being paranoid?

Rav.

P.S. Even just writing this I must admit it does sound paranoid, but I also have to admit thinking that I should have boiled my merkur HD that I bought new.

**MikeLip** · 03-15-2009, 07:21 PM

Just a little paranoid.

First, very little can live on bare steel for any length of time. Second you will be using soaps to shave with. Nicely germicidal all by themselves. And you will not be injecting into your skin - at most you will have a scrape which will be immediately cleaned out by shaving - and with soaps!

So I'd not give it another thought. I know it's fashionable to worry about germs on every surface, but that's mostly the fault of people selling useless or downright harmful cleaners and disinfectants telling you that Germs Are Bad And Will Kill Us All unless you buy their surface cleanser or hand cleaner - that your parents never had, and golly gee, they survived! Your body is more than able to cope with a few germs, and shaving is inherently pretty clean anyway. Don't worry about it.

**mmack66** · 03-15-2009, 07:26 PM

In before the "silverware in the restaurant you eat at" comment gets posted.

**MikeLip** · 03-15-2009, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by mmack66

In before the "silverware in the restaurant you eat at" comment gets posted.

Always carry your own silver to a restaurant. You never know where it's been!

**rav** · 03-15-2009, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by mmack66

In before the "silverware in the restaurant you eat at" comment gets posted.

I know what you're saying... but in the restaurant you don't/shouldn't have a fair risk of cutting the skin.

**Miles** · 03-15-2009, 08:27 PM

I dunno about that. Those fork-things can get pretty pokey...

**Roman414** · 03-15-2009, 08:58 PM

Your face, and every inch of your skin, is crawling with microscopic fauna. Your bedding is home to tiny critters that subsist on your cast off dead skin cells. When you kiss a girl, you are sucking on the end of a long, convoluted tube that is half full of excrement. In light of all that, worrying about the sterility of a factory-fresh razor blade you just took out of the wrapper seems rather...I don't know. But if you rinse it under hot water and recite the Lord's Prayer, you will probably be okay.

**FlatFork** · 03-15-2009, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by Roman414

Your face, and every inch of your skin, is crawling with microscopic fauna. Your bedding is home to tiny critters that subsist on your cast off dead skin cells. When you kiss a girl, you are sucking on the end of a long, convoluted tube that is half full of excrement. In light of all that, worrying about the sterility of a factory-fresh razor blade you just took out of the wrapper seems rather...I don't know. But if you rinse it under hot water and recite the Lord's Prayer, you will probably be okay.

If this won't work just dip it in some alcohol

**Sam Harmon** · 03-15-2009, 09:56 PM

I don't worry. The gay, hemophiliac Haitian IV drug user that produces my blades assures me that they're A-OK!

Seriously, you're more likely to die in a car accident bringing your blades home than from the blades themselves.

**MikeLip** · 03-16-2009, 03:40 AM

Originally Posted by Roman414

Your face, and every inch of your skin, is crawling with microscopic fauna. Your bedding is home to tiny critters that subsist on your cast off dead skin cells. When you kiss a girl, you are sucking on the end of a long, convoluted tube that is half full of excrement.

Thanks so much for that visual. Especially the pretty girl part.

**DarkAudit** · 03-16-2009, 06:02 AM

FUD. FUD FUD FUD and FUD.

What would make these blades any less hygenic from the manufacturing process than the cartridges?

**Roman414** · 03-16-2009, 09:07 AM

LOL! Sorry Mike, just trying to put things in perspective.

**[email protected]** · 03-16-2009, 09:11 AM

WATCH..... THAT CAR

dont worry you will be ok

Originally Posted by rav

Hello All,

Another case of my paranoia running wild, but do you worry about the hygiene assurance of the razor blades that we use?

I assume that Derbys and Dorcos are probably okay as they are the larger companies, but what about the others?

Or am I just being paranoid?

Rav.

P.S. Even just writing this I must admit it does sound paranoid, but I also have to admit thinking that I should have boiled my merkur HD that I bought new.

**rabidpotatochip** · 03-16-2009, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by Roman414

Your face, and every inch of your skin, is crawling with microscopic fauna. Your bedding is home to tiny critters that subsist on your cast off dead skin cells. When you kiss a girl, you are sucking on the end of a long, convoluted tube that is half full of excrement. In light of all that, worrying about the sterility of a factory-fresh razor blade you just took out of the wrapper seems rather...I don't know. But if you rinse it under hot water and recite the Lord's Prayer, you will probably be okay.

If you're worried about that, perhaps you shouldn't suck as hard.