Very Interesting

[brianw]

Something happened this week that has never happened before.

I shaved on Monday with a Schick injector and did not use it again until tonight. The blade was new on Monday and the shave tonight was ....lets say not the most comfortable. I popped the blade out and it was rusty as H@ll. These were chinese schick blades and I have never had this happen before. The only thing I can blame this on is the unbearable humidity in Washington DC....

Anybody else have this happen to them?????

 

[Uncle Erik]

Not with razor blades, but I've seen cast iron develop rust overnight.

 

[DunEdinRanger]

Maybe they were recycled "Blue Star" blades?

 

[_JP_]

My hunch is that you might want to try drying the razor when you set it down. Give it some good flicks (so it has something to watch ) and make sure that water does puddle up under the blade. I always prop my razors head up in a shaving mug for that reason, or use a razor stand.

Also consider using the blade for succeeding shaves once you load it. That way it won't have as much of a chance to crap out on you after only one shave.

 

[Ferannia]

These were chinese schick blades

Enough said. Shaving blades were supposed to be made of stainless steel. Yet, Chinese were enriching baby milk with melamine:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7620812.stm
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/16/china.tainted.formula/index.html

Make poisonous pet food:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=3058844
http://www.forbes.com/2007/08/27/china-melamine-prosecution-markets-equity-cx_vk_0827markets02.html

and export poisonous toys:
http://www.startribune.com/business/35446924.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15411678?nclick_check=1

Quality control - par exellence. Why do we wonder of other low quality stuff from China ?

 

[ackvil]

Perhaps a dip of the razor and blade in alcohol will prevent the problem.

 

[Saturn]

Quality control - par exellence. Why do we wonder of other low quality stuff from China ?

China has its share of high- and low-quality items, just like any country, although they do seem to suffer from the poisoned product more than one might hope. But, to those who are tempted to generalize that everything that comes from China is crap, I'd like to point out that the vast majority of badger hair used in shaving brushes comes from rural areas of China, where badgers are plentiful and a nuisance to crops. Collecting the hair is illegal in North America and most areas of Europe due to the badger being a protected species.

 

[DE Shaver]

Manufacturing "quality fade" is very much endemic to Chinese manufacturing practices. It's not surprising or far fetched that blades may start off as being manufactured well, eventually suffer in quality if produced in China.