Much of the "Facial Irritation" from shaving comes from "Unhoned Metal Slivers" on the cutting edge of Blades, hitting the skin on your face... Keep blades honed! If you look at the skin on your chin under HIGH magnification, you can see.. well, spooky stuff, embedded in the skin. The good news is that solving for razor sharpness is not too hard. Key Concepts For Extending Blade Life Sharpness and Maintaining A S harp Blade If you’re sharpening a straight razor, eyebrow razor, or safety razor, flip your razor over when you’re done and repeat the process on the other side of the blade. A strop is a material used for polishing knives and blades to maintain sharpness of razor blades. Leather – both suede and smooth - is the fabric most traditionally used and the most preferred and achieves the best results. As a matter of fact, a pair of jeans or a piece of denim ought to do the job as a safety razor stropper too in a pinch. If you don’t have anything else around, another option is to use materials like canvas or any old pair of blue jeans. The technique is simple: Stropping- Uses a strop to straighten and realign thin edges of a blade to enhance the razor blades sharpness.

But it involves technique that can best be described as an art. In this case, below are some foundational tips and methods to get you started: Disassemble your electric razor as you usually would to clean it. You need to be able to access the blades and the screens, as shown in the pictures. Once disassembled, CAREFULLY brush the blades while running them under hot water, then rinse them with hot water. Brush and rinse the screens under hot water also. Then, reassemble the razor. When you reach this limit, it’s time to recycle your blades and move on to a new razor. You can safely recycle blades by making a blade bank. Maintenance is Key: Keep Your Razors Clean and Dry Handmade Damascus Steel Straight Razor Groomsman Boyfriend Gift With Shaving ready Classic Barber Blade Perfect Gift for Men Gift for HimOlder "Ni-Cad" batteries in Razors used to develop a "Memory" if recharged before they were fully dead... That's no Longer the case. Modern rechargeable batteries, and modern Charging Circuits, eliminate the "Memory Effect"... Battery Technology has FINALLY moved forward ;) Remove the shaver from the charger after each full charge and leave it off until the razor reaches its minimum charge level. Only then should you give it a new charge. This deep cycles the batteries and gives you the most life out of them which is generally about 200-300 charges depending on chemistry. Obviously, the more time that elapses between charges the longer the batteries, and your razor will last. Leather Strop, Gift For Men, Sharpener, Hone, Razor Blade, Paddle Strop, Handcrafted, Handcrafted Leather, Anniversary Gift, Gift For Him Although we rarely use a straight razor in our own home, the stropping process is not obsolete. In fact, you don’t even need a barbershop-styled leather strop. You can use some common household materials to strop and revitalize your disposable razors. How to Sharpen Razor Blades: A Step-By-Step Guide

Blade Men's Razor for Shaving With Stainless Steel Razor Holder Resin Handle Shaving Razor Gift Deep Blue Most people find a process of stropping razor blades that works for them but it’s a good idea to start with a few general tips. The Strop So there was a lot of different razor blade sharpeners on the market. Previously I’ve mentioned some before, including a desktop model, one you could make yourself, and a glass one. Sharpening razor blades just made sense. Double so if you had just lived through the Depression. Waste not, want not. If you must keep your razor in the bathroom, store it in mineral oil. Oil keeps moisture at bay, preventing rust. Not only does rust degrade the quality of the steel blade, but it can also cause minor infections.The glass of which the hone or sharpener A is made may be of known composition but a glass containing uranium as an ingredient is at present preferred.