Home made blade safe

[Steelforge]

After I saw it suggested on here or SMF forum, I decided to make a blade safe last night.

Very easy, just use 1 small can of evaporated milk. Punch 2 holes and drain the milk, it goes nice in coffee. Then rinse the can out with hot water and a bit of bleach. Once clean, score a line across the middle of the top and then go over the line carefully with a sharp knife. After about 10 careful passes you'll be through.

Once you're done, just open the slot out a little with a screwdriver, and you've got a perfect money-box style blade safe. Impossible for kids to open and get their hands on the blades unless they use a can opener. I'm sure it'll hold a lot of blades before it gets full, when it's full it just toss it out and I make another. :thumbup:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/Iwan_P1/bsafe.jpg

[Scotto]

Very creative. :thumbsup:

[Austin]

"A" for effort.

[Nick75]

Now there's an idea :smile:

[htownmmm]

I think we may need an area for "homemade remedies".

Nicely done!


Marty

[Gatorade]

And you can toss the whole thing in the recycle bin with no fears! I may have to break out the Dremel instead of cutting tin with a sharp knife but I may have to try this one out.

[Steelforge]

That's a very good point, as long as you use a steel can the whole lot can be tossed into steel recycling - I hadn't thought of that before! :smile:

A Dremel tool would be ideal and a lot safer for cutting the slot in the top of the can. I don't own one otherwise that's what I'd have used, I had to be very careful with a knife instead. I had visions of losing my fingers! :crying:

[jduffy]

Can I get that in carbon fiber? :biggrin:

[OldSaw]

Very easy, just use 1 small can of evaporated milk.

Does it have to be evaporated milk?:wink: :biggrin: What about tomato soup? or tomato sauce?

Just kidding. I think this is a good idea. I like it a lot.

[Steelforge]

Absolutely not, if it's not evaporated milk it won't work - you've been warned. :wink2:

Nah I just picked that can as it was much smaller than "regular" sized cans in UK supermarkets, but still big enough to get a decent number of blades inside. I was thinking about painting it to make it look nicer, but I was already getting frowns from my girlfriend. :laugh:

[Lyrt]

Am I the only one using the back part of the box for used blades? It works just fine.

[OldSaw]

Am I the only one using the back part of the box for used blades? It works just fine.

I do when it is available. Walmart Personna packs have this feature and so do my Wilkinsons. However, my Derbys and Israli Personnas do not have this.

[Gatorade]

Am I the only one using the back part of the box for used blades? It works just fine.

Most of us buy blades in bulk and they come in packs of 100 so they don't have the little boxes. Also the plastic boxes don't recycle well with the blades inside.

[Steelforge]

Yeah I started using the back of the boxes. But the Derby blades I bought recently don't have a slot for used blades on the back of the boxes, hence I started looking for an alternative.

The point about recycling is a good one though, I like to do my bit for the environment so this helps. :smile:

[Scotto]

There is a post with pictures around somewhere here, but the Derby boxes have a place for used blades - one side opens up, and you'll see an area for them.

[Gatorade]

There is a post with pictures around somewhere here, but the Derby boxes have a place for used blades - one side opens up, and you'll see an area for them.
It isn't very secure. When you open the back it is easy to break the tab off and then it doesn't stay closed.

[Scotto]

baby. :cryin: :cryin:

[Gatorade]

baby. :cryin: :cryin:

LOL! No, but I have 2 that are very curious about anything that daddy does! They laugh when I whip up shave cream and want me to put it on their nose. I have been storing the blades in a Tylenol bottle and putting it in my closet out of reach but the can might be better.

[Lyrt]

Most of us buy blades in bulk and they come in packs of 100 so they don't have the little boxes. Also the plastic boxes don't recycle well with the blades inside.
I always try to do my part for the environment. Unfortunately in my area the selective sorting of household waste is unheard of. France is globally retarded in that regard.

[rafikz]

What if one of your kids open it with a can opener?:001_huh:

[fuerein]

I always try to do my part for the environment. Unfortunately in my area the selective sorting of household waste is unheard of. France is globally retarded in that regard.

You should try most of the US... I have yet to see any part of the US have a decent recycling program. Some communities have a small box that you put all the recycleables in and then who knows where it goes. There have been stories of trash collectors just throwing those in with the normal trash (yup, makes sense, huh?).

I personally like my experience with the German system (really the only other system I have any experience with) but a bag for organic waste, a bag for recyclables, and a bag for other. And heaven help the person who doesn't properly organize their trash because the trash police will stop all collections from them till the person who mis-orginzed their trash goes through their bags and properly sorts it.

[NMMB]

You should try most of the US...
...I personally like my experience with the German system (really the only other system I have any experience with) but a bag for organic waste, a bag for recyclables, and a bag for other...

Most of Canada is probably about on par with the US - little to no waste diversion... but the Great White North has a few bright spots w.r.t waste diversion and recycling. Namely the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island (a program similar to the one in Nova Scotia - and I'll only talk about the NS one since I lived there for 8 years and have experience with it).

Throughout the entire province of NS household waste is sorted 4 ways: organic material; paper recyclables; metal/glass/plastic recycleables (which are further seerated at the recycling facilities); and other. I believe that the province now diverts more than half of it's post-consumer waste (which may be the most successful waste diversion program in North America, but I'm not sure). Similar rules also apply to businesses within the province as well.

I figure that if such a program can work in a place like Nova Scotia (low population, mostly "small" towns, etc) then it can work in any place where there is the political will to implement a program and enforce it.

[bearbeard]

What if one of your kids open it with a can opener?:001_huh:

Its a good way to keep them from taking coins out of the piggy bank.:001_tt2:

[_C_]

And you can toss the whole thing in the recycle bin with no fears!

I could be very wrong on this subject, but here goes anyway...

Aren't used razor blades considered biohazardous materials, and as such, are unsuitable for recycling?

[fuerein]

I could be very wrong on this subject, but here goes anyway...

Aren't used razor blades considered biohazardous materials, and as such, are unsuitable for recycling?

Not sure... But I say, if the heat from melting them down doesn't kill off any nasty germs, nothing will and the world is doomed.

[NMMB]

I could be very wrong on this subject, but here goes anyway...

Aren't used razor blades considered biohazardous materials, and as such, are unsuitable for recycling?

That is possible. I would suggest that your best option would be to check with your local recycling authority/regulator.

[guenron]

Absolutely sterling Iwan. Only one question.. Who has enough room left in the shave shack for a can that large? I could probably put three more soap pucks in the area!:biggrin1:

[Steelforge]

Hey it's only a small can Ron, it's not as big as it looks. On the bright side, it takes up some space in my bathroom so I have an excuse not to buy 3 more soaps! :lol:

[sinekkaydi]

that can is going to get rusted, I would use something like this (http://www.classicshaving.com/catalog/item/1240646/799291.htm)
$.99

[asadasam]

I know I could probably find this on other threads, but I'm lazy at the moment - how many blades do those 99-cent Feather safes hold?

Adam

[sinekkaydi]

I am also lazy to count those blades :biggrin:

[av8or234]

that can is going to get rusted, I would use something like this (http://www.classicshaving.com/catalog/item/1240646/799291.htm)
$.99

Just get some Rust-Oleum spray paint and paint it then. Maybe more than the blade safe but I like the idea of being able to recycle it when through.

[Gatorade]

that can is going to get rusted, I would use something like this (http://www.classicshaving.com/catalog/item/1240646/799291.htm)
$.99

Then you have comingled material and won't be able to recycle it.

If it were just about disposal with no recycleing possible then I would just throw them in the kitchen garbage can or the bathroom can. What do you do with broken glass? Doesn't go in the recycle bin. Goes in the trash. There is a lot of stuff that could cause more harm in my garbage then a couple of blades. What do you do when you change blades on your box cutter?

The best thing going is a can that can be recycled. Everything else results in the blades and container going to a landfill in someones back yard.

[icecow]

Old beat me to it saying tomato soup.

I was going to say.. If you want to pull an Andy Warhol use a can of cambells tomato soup.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/tree123xyz/Andy-Warhol-Campbells-Soup-I-181014.jpg


Everyone beat me to this thread.


Have to be quick around here. Perhaps I can be the first to suggest melting down the blades and making a straight razor.

[GeeQue]

If you have 100 Derby Blades, they come as 20 5 blades per box.
If Feathers, 10 blades to a box.
Figure out how to dispose of the used blades from the first box.
Now you have an empty box of either the 5 Derby or 10 Feathers.
In this empty box is where you put the empty blades from the second box and subsequently you have always an empty box to place the used blades for ever and ever.

[Gatorade]

If you have 100 Derby Blades, they come as 20 5 blades per box.
If Feathers, 10 blades to a box.
Figure out how to dispose of the used blades from the first box.
Now you have an empty box of either the 5 Derby or 10 Feathers.
In this empty box is where you put the empty blades from the second box and subsequently you have always an empty box to place the used blades for ever and ever.

If you have Israeli Personas then you have 100 paper envelopes with no boxes.

[catatonic]

Last I checked, blades are a no-no for recycling anyways. They should be dropped off at a place that can dispose of "sharps".

We have to go through this at work, with the single-edge blades we use in our box cutters. We have to put them into plastic non-reopenable sharps bins, and either drop it off at the disposal place, or have someone pick it up.

[BlackLabelBrewer]

I cut a slit near the top of a water bottle (we all have those around don't we?). Not very elegant, sure, but I will enjoy watching the blades accumulate through the plastic.

[Pete]

Not sure my, "blade bank", is the best environment-friendly solution, but it's fashionable, functional, and relatively inexpensive. For about 6 months now, I've been using a coin bank I purchased in the gifts/trinkets section of my local dollar store. In most cases, these banks are small enough to fit on a bathroom shelf, yet large enough to months worth of blades (depending on the size). Best of all, you can choose a bank that compliments the color scheme/motif of your bathroom, assuming you have access to such selection. For those with children, perhaps it's a bit risky, as these banks would likely spark a young one's curiosity. I'd recommend those banks that have only one access (the old, "break the bank" types). I'm currently using a green fish bank (about the size of a shaving bowl) made from unbreakable plastic/rubber. So far, so good...

[_JP_]

There are so many things that could work, you just have to look at what you have laying around. If you are willing to keep the "blade safe" under the sink, you don't have to consider appearance. An empty mouthwash bottle has a wide enough opening. An empty jar with a slot in the lid. An Altoids tin with a slot in the top. Lots of small containers that food comes in would work OK.