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Razor Blade Stand (how to prevent electrochemical corrosion)

I try to keep my razor and blade as clean and dry between shaves*
Storing the blade inside the razor complicates getting the setup completely dry.
After some tinkering, I came up with this:

Discerning Gentlemen, for your perusing pleasure, I present The Comb Stand - a blade drying stand of unparalleled design and cheapness.
1 Razor Blade Holder - raw materials 1.jpg

2 Razor Blade Holder - finished - empty.jpg

3 Razor Blade Holder - finished - with blade.jpg

Below you can see the threads tying the two metal pieces together, plus another thread tying the head to the wood base.
4 Razor Blade Holder - finished - empty - ties visible on both sides.jpg


The metal parts came from a $5 Yaqi DOC Mellon head.
The wood base came from the extravagant packaging of my wife's Auglamour Chi-Fi earbuds.
The whole setup is literally held up with string (sowing thread). It took just 20 minutes to make (though a lot longer to design).
The only tool needed was a needle ;-)

* When two different metals touch in the presence of water, a battery is formed. One electrode *will* dissolve. Fighting electrochemical corrosion is hard. The best approach is to remove the water or separate the dissimilar metal parts.

Feel free to laugh at my OCD.
May your blades be sharp and your shaves comfortable.
 

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Clarification:
We have a high carbon stainless blade touching a chrome plated razor.
When wet, the contact point is exposed to electrochemical corrosion. This could over time affect the geometry of the contact point.
In the short term a black line will be observed on the razor blade.
In the (very) long term, rhe razor may eventually become slightly more aggressive :cool:
 
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