After seeing lots of people saying that if you put your blades inside mineral oil after every shave, the blades will last a lot longer so i've decided to try it out myself and see if I can get at least one extra shave out of any of the DE and also the Personna GEM blades I have.
After testing 5 DE blades and 2 GEM blades I came to the conclusion, that the blades feel pretty much the same with or without the mineral oil and that I couldn't even get one extra shave. The only thing that i've noticed is that the blades look like brand new and usually my blades get tea stains after a couple of shaves, but in terms of performance I didn't feel any difference at all.
I've also tried stopping my DE and GEM blades a few times, but that only made them less sharp. I usually tap dry my blades gently on a soft towel and put them on a magnet for the next shave. Does mineral oil or stropping works for you or do you know any other method of ''extending'' the life of your DE blade?
I'm doing it mostly for fun and if I can squeeze even one good shave out of a blade that would be nice.
After testing 5 DE blades and 2 GEM blades I came to the conclusion, that the blades feel pretty much the same with or without the mineral oil and that I couldn't even get one extra shave. The only thing that i've noticed is that the blades look like brand new and usually my blades get tea stains after a couple of shaves, but in terms of performance I didn't feel any difference at all.
I've also tried stopping my DE and GEM blades a few times, but that only made them less sharp. I usually tap dry my blades gently on a soft towel and put them on a magnet for the next shave. Does mineral oil or stropping works for you or do you know any other method of ''extending'' the life of your DE blade?
I'm doing it mostly for fun and if I can squeeze even one good shave out of a blade that would be nice.