shower & shave & the ss edge of a cheap shaver gets rinsed with municipal clorinated water after use. question= will the edge last longer if i put the little plastic blade cover on the blade while wet or should i leave it off, let it dry & open to air for 2 days?
There are no bimetallic connections in a disposable shaver, so I imagine "losing it's edge" is more a case of the edge bending out of true than rusting or abrading away. With chef's knifes, they are more frequently bent back to true with a so-called "sharpening steel" than actually sharpened.
If that is case (and micro-photography of a typical "dull" razor is the easiest way to test this hypothesis that I can think of) then the case for leaving the cover on or off is less a function of the life of the blade and more a case of the hygienic nature of wet surfaces kept in a bathroom.
Like Chuck Norris, I scrape my beard off with fresh fractured obsidian and/or glass microtomes so this topic means less to me than other men.
If that is case (and micro-photography of a typical "dull" razor is the easiest way to test this hypothesis that I can think of) then the case for leaving the cover on or off is less a function of the life of the blade and more a case of the hygienic nature of wet surfaces kept in a bathroom.
Like Chuck Norris, I scrape my beard off with fresh fractured obsidian and/or glass microtomes so this topic means less to me than other men.
QUOTE (rpenner+Jun 13 2010, 03:46 PM)
Like Chuck Norris, I scrape my beard off with fresh fractured obsidian and/or glass microtomes so this topic means less to me than other men.
QUOTE (rpenner+Jun 13 2010, 02:46 PM)
There are no bimetallic connections in a disposable shaver, so I imagine "losing it's edge" is more a case of the edge bending out of true than rusting or abrading away. With chef's knifes, they are more frequently bent back to true with a so-called "sharpening steel" than actually sharpened.
If that is case (and micro-photography of a typical "dull" razor is the easiest way to test this hypothesis that I can think of) then the case for leaving the cover on or off is less a function of the life of the blade and more a case of the hygienic nature of wet surfaces kept in a bathroom.
Like Chuck Norris, I scrape my beard off with fresh fractured obsidian and/or glass microtomes so this topic means less to me than other men.
When I was a Prisoner of War, I had one razor blade which I dried after use and put it inside of a glass and straightened the edge and so the blade lasted me for about one year. It was shaving just as well after about one year as it did when I first used it. Thanks for comments. Joe L. Ogan
u seem to agree with Ogan from Naked Scientist.com?
If that is case (and micro-photography of a typical "dull" razor is the easiest way to test this hypothesis that I can think of) then the case for leaving the cover on or off is less a function of the life of the blade and more a case of the hygienic nature of wet surfaces kept in a bathroom.
Like Chuck Norris, I scrape my beard off with fresh fractured obsidian and/or glass microtomes so this topic means less to me than other men.
When I was a Prisoner of War, I had one razor blade which I dried after use and put it inside of a glass and straightened the edge and so the blade lasted me for about one year. It was shaving just as well after about one year as it did when I first used it. Thanks for comments. Joe L. Ogan
u seem to agree with Ogan from Naked Scientist.com?
Shavers?? 
.... they're designed for sissy no-balls types- I personally use a blow-lamp (in re-heat mode) to remove my unwanted, undesired stubble jazz. 
.... they're designed for sissy no-balls types- I personally use a blow-lamp (in re-heat mode) to remove my unwanted, undesired stubble jazz.
I always imagined the wisemen of this forum as having long white beards and hovering cross-legged in total mastery of gravitational force.
Now you're telling me they shave?
Now you're telling me they shave?
QUOTE (light in the tunnel+Jun 15 2010, 04:36 PM)
I always imagined the wisemen of this forum as having long white beards and hovering cross-legged in total mastery of gravitational force.
Now you're telling me they shave?
Now you're telling me they shave?
QUOTE (light in the tunnel+Jun 15 2010, 04:36 PM)
I always imagined the wisemen of this forum as having long white beards and hovering cross-legged in total mastery of gravitational force.
Now you're telling me they shave?
maybe they shave the other areas
Now you're telling me they shave?
maybe they shave the other areas
QUOTE (AlexG+Jun 15 2010, 09:52 PM)
sorta like this?
User posted image: <a target='_blank' href='http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/goroff/th_wizcard.jpg'>http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/goroff/th_wizcard.jpg</a>
that image is too small. maybe this is a better one http://www.kbcandlesandchimesblog.com/wp-c...ering-Gnome.jpg
User posted image: <a target='_blank' href='http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/goroff/th_wizcard.jpg'>http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/goroff/th_wizcard.jpg</a>
that image is too small. maybe this is a better one http://www.kbcandlesandchimesblog.com/wp-c...ering-Gnome.jpg
QUOTE (light in the tunnel+Jun 15 2010, 04:55 PM)
that image is too small. maybe this is a better one http://www.kbcandlesandchimesblog.com/wp-c...ering-Gnome.jpg
Try it now, it's a larger image. The small one was an avatar.
User posted image: http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/goroff/wizcard-1.jpg
Try it now, it's a larger image. The small one was an avatar.
User posted image: http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/goroff/wizcard-1.jpg
QUOTE (AlexG+Jun 15 2010, 10:02 PM)
Try it now, it's a larger image. The small one was an avatar.
User posted image: <a target='_blank' href='http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/goroff/wizcard-1.jpg'>http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/goroff/wizcard-1.jpg</a>
that's a good one. Too bad his chin is shaved instead of a long white beard. What about this one:
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q253/Fl...coloured_01.jpg
User posted image: <a target='_blank' href='http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/goroff/wizcard-1.jpg'>http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t29/goroff/wizcard-1.jpg</a>
that's a good one. Too bad his chin is shaved instead of a long white beard. What about this one:
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q253/Fl...coloured_01.jpg
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