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TP Stropping!

I have been in Peru for the past 3 months and have happened across a great way to not only prolong the blade life of a DE but also give a much smoother shave. The solution is as simple as stropping your DE across the top of a roll of TP after each shave and reversing the blade every other. No need to remove the TP from the holder, just push er across the roll lengthwise 5 or 6 times on each side.

Not only does it give about 3 times the blade life but the shaves are very very smooth from shaves 3 through 10 and even higher. It also is a quick easy way to clean and dry the blade after use which I am sure also helps prolong the life. I am now getting over 10 comfortable 3-pass shaves off of an Astra, no tugging or irritation.

Would love to hear if this works for anyone else...
 
I hope you're not doing this with the TP that's mounted next to the toilet. Flushing a toilet aerosolizes bacteria, which land on the TP. Stropping on that roll that's actually sitting there for its usual use probably carries a reasonable risk of infection with a Gram-negative organism if you happened to cut yourself shaving.
 
yes i am using that same roll next to the toilet... i do dip the DE in alcohol after which I forgot to mention. maybe that is why i am not dead yet, thank god. others beware this method may cause death or serious injury... op will not be held responsible for self destruction.
 
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