This is mine. I laser cut it out of scrap 3mm birch plywood. Should hold 200-300 blades. Then toss is and make another one.
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Here’s mine
Here is a close cousin to @Breen I'd say. Took it apart and carefully washed it in dishwashing soap, leaving the patina. Put some of those green felt pads on the corners. Replaced the shiny new chrome bolt it had with the brass one you see there. Thought it was more in keeping with the vintage. Blade is there for scale. Heavy and somehow cute too.
Mine is a soda can. I drained it via a hole in the bottom, then used a dremel tool to expand the hole into a slot. The tape is leftover from when I moved from one house to another. I taped a piece of metal over the slot so that no blades could escape.
How do you get the blades out of that Eveready tin when it's full? Does the top open up?saj:
Here's mine;
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Gifted (give-away), from member Captain Pre-Capsize...a heavy Vintage Cast Iron Blade Bask ("originally made to be used as a coin bank for children...[and]...has to be 100+ years old at this point. Hefty and the real deal").
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Vintage Ever-Ready Blade Bank
Ceramic Pelican (Louisiana's State Bird), Coin Bank, (that I use as a razor bank).
Vintage Kool Cigarettes Coin Bank (again that I use as a razor bank)
"[A razor blade bank can be liken to a]…riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma". Sir Winston Churchill
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No, the top doesn't open...I guess 'back then'...blade banks were a 'dime-a-dozen'...fill it & toss or keep (I will), as a souvenir.
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I had the opportunity to level up the Canadian factor of my used blade bank, so I took it. I expect it'll last at least until I forget how long I've had it.
I like the looks of that frog, but I'm worried about how much work it would be to shake out the spent blades. Although, it seems that the blades would be less likely to go sideways and get jammed due the shape. Am I right about that?
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Yes, the used blades behave themselves and line up; emptying the frog is quite easy, just a matter of gently shaking the blades out. It's a bit of extra trouble, but not too much, given how cool the frog looks beside my sink.
All those guys with their cool blade banks, there is me... with an old peanut butter jar (and I lost the lid) that supposed to be a blade bank 
I've used all kinds of different containers for blade disposal. This is my current more proper one. Should last me a long while for sure.
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