I use a blade until it needs to be replaced. It stays in the razor the whole time until then.
How do you store your used blade for future use?
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I use one blade in my WCS 84S razor till the blade is worn out. When I am done shaving, and rinsed the razor, I dip in a jar of rubbing alcohol to remove the water, and any remaining gunk.
I rinse ,dry and put them on a magnetic strip.
Very easy to keep track of how many uses for each blade this way.
I leave the blade in the razor until it's worn out whether it takes a few days or a few weeks. It's stainless so it's never been a problem. Carbon steel is a whole nother kettle of fish. That I'll remove, rinse off, pat dry and coat with mineral oil.
Keep it in the razor -- there's no need for removal and the extra handling. I have never felt the need to store good blades outside of a razor. If I'm switch a razor I'll carefully move the blade from one to the other. It's worked for 50 years, no need to start changing things now.
I found a magnet in my shop
Similar to @hopper_64, I keep track of my blades for future use using a sharpie tick on the blade and attaching on a magnet strip. I open and use many blades for testing and rotation's sake... 
Similar to @hopper_64, I keep track of my blades for future use using a sharpie tick on the blade and attaching on a magnet strip. I open and use many blades for testing and rotation's sake...
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How different are the Nacet (second blade on the magnet) and the Super Nacet (fifth blade on the magnet)? I assume the Super Nacet is vintage. Does is shave better or smoother?
Hi and thanks for asking.
The Nacet Stainless is produced in St. Petersburg, Russia while the Super Nacet is from China. There are tons of the Super Nacet here at my place and quite cheap too. The Nacet Stainless from Russia on the other hand is not as cheap and not as easily available, although can be had from Ebay.
Below is the picture comparing the blades...as you can see, even with the Nacet Stainless there are 2 types. I am not sure if one is not the real deal. Notice the middle Nacet package indicate made in Russia but the non...just some arabic words.
Perhaps someone with more knowledge can share...??
Forgotten to inform about the performance....
I find the Nacet Stainless to be a smoother and better blade compare to the Super Nacet. YMMV of course....
The Super Nacet is still a good blade but Nacet Stainless is just better....
I find the Nacet Stainless to be a smoother and better blade compare to the Super Nacet. YMMV of course....
The Super Nacet is still a good blade but Nacet Stainless is just better....
I've heard about those Chinese Nacets but I don't know much about them. I guess both Stainless Nacets are the same blade just different package from different time. What I keep seeing in some of the recent Russian blade packages is that they changed from R to TM. I've seen that on the Wizamet blade packages as well.
Thanks for the clarification.....
+1! Yes indeed! In addition, there can be variability depending on when the blades were produced during a production run as well as blade-to-blade variability.
My approach (for what is worth) is to limit the number of variables as best I can. Ideally, I evaluate one new blade using my favored set-up (same razor, favorite brushes, soaps and AS) until that blade is ready to toss. Each shave is graded on 10-point scale.
Then, I go to one of my ‘top-tier’ blades as a control using the identical set-up until that blade is done.
Finally, I repeat the process with a second sample of the blade under evaluation using the same procedure.
This pretty much replicates my daily shaving procedure, so a ’real world’ test for me.
I suppose I could set up a ’blinded’ procedure where I would not know which blade was which using identical razors, perhaps shaving one side of my face with each blade. That would be a bit too much for a sleepy guy first thing in the AM!!
After cleaning and drying razor and blade, I put the blade back in the razor till next use. When blade gets dull I toss it to the used blade jar and put a new blade in the razor.
+1
I also don't change razors until the blade is dead and don't dry the razor or blade after use.
I use mineral oil on all my kitchen knives and carry knives might start using it on my DE blades and I'm looking to adhere some magnets to the inside of my cabinet door but somewhere that I can't accidentally cut myself. Right now I just set the one or two I have open on an overturned cup. I also picked up the use of dice to count the number the blades been used and will have to figure a way to do that once I add the magnets.
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I use a blade until it needs to be replaced and then bin it. I do dry it after I use it by dabbing it dry on my towel. Personally I don’t like have used blades lying around, I would rather use one and then when I replace it I will pick another one and bin the used blade. I really believe that we are overthinking this whole shaving thing.
I just use a fresh one every time.
