Anyone ever try soaking your razor between shaves in olive oil to keep the blade sharp and corrosion-free?

Question

From what I read, pre shave oils are basically a mixture of olive oil and castor oil. I suspect the expensive blade-soaking product I use now (which works) is similar in composition. There's nothing out there that I can find on this. Seems like soaking the razor in olive oil/or olive oil and castor oil might be a common sense, uh, solution, but I think I may be missing something.

Answer 1

I do it all the time. Just plain olive oil. I find that it works just fine, and it costs less. It keeps the razor sharp and I get fewer nicks. I shave a much larger area than most men and the oil makes the blade glide more smoothly over the skin throughout the shave.

Answer 2

One thing to note: If your razor uses a teflon type anti-friction strip above the blades, stay away from baby/mineral oil or any other petroleum type of oil. It will dissolve the strip in 1-2 days. The strips apparently are a rubber based variation. I think olive and most plant type oils "should" be just fine.

Answer 3

Makes perfect sense to me,, Olive, or any other oil will keep your razor blades protected from the air which is what makes them rust.
Plus it has to cheaper, so that's all to the good. If I was you, I sure would.

Answer 4

No, i'm afraid you should save procuring new ones, disposable razor blades are not produced from some thing high quality, also for the sake of hygiene, save replacing you blades the different month.

Answer 5

OK, but with the high price of olive oil, isn't it cheaper to replace the blade / razor since they are cheap ?

Answer 6

Cool, I didn't know that. I'm gonna try it for sure!

Answer 7

Wow, I didn't know that. I'm gonna try it for sure!