What do you do with USED DE BLADES?

[DamnFineBob]

Just curious, how do you dispose of these things?

Just chuck them in the bathroom garbage?
Wrap them in a few layers of tissue first?
Buy a special "blade vault" to put them in?
Keep a small tin can full of them until full?

 

[Defend Tacoma]

I picked up a blade bank from westcoastshaving.com for a few bucks.

 

[trotte13]

I picked up a blade bank from westcoastshaving.com for a few bucks.

What do you do when you fill your blade bank?

 

[demaro]

I have an empty beer can that I put them in. When it gets full , I will recycle the whole thing.

 

[goby]

You use the "search" feature and find 100+ threads that ask the same question. (said with a smile, not as a curmudgeon).

I use a prescription pill container. It will hold about 20-30 blades. Then I throw out the whole thing and start over.

 

[MajorBurnz]

It's not cafe to put sharps unprotected into the trash.

If your blades come in plastic containers, you'll usually have a blade disposal slot. Otherwise a blade bank is probably the best way to go.

Once either the slot or the bank is filled, you tape them up with some tough tape, and put them in the trash.

It will take you years to fill up a blade bank.

You can also make your own blade bank....do a search on the forums.

 

[AlanL]

I sneak my used blades into SWMBO's razor. (j/k)

 

[dpm802]

What do you do when you fill your blade bank?

I shake my (Leesrazors) blade-bank back and forth ... it makes a nice thunka-thunka sound that reminds me of all the fun I've been having over the last 2 years.

 

[talibeard]

I bought a tin with a coin slot for my used blades. Cheap (~$1), safe and easy to recycle that way. It is so big that I doubt I live long enough to get it full.

 

[rm71]

The thread below may give you some ideas

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=54746

 

[papa2cool]

I have a plastic Crystal Light container that I have cut a slit in the top of and place by used blades in it. When it is full I will use the ole reliable duck tape to seal it and throw it away.

 

[jansob]

Here in Japan we have loads of canned coffee...which comes in steel cans. I bought a can, put a slit in the side with a chisel drained it (the coffee is not worth saving), rinsed it and I use that.

Went with a steel can because the blades are steel as well, so will recycle fine.

 

[Eclectic]

Keep them in a clearly marked Altoids tin, then recycle.

 

[jansob]

Well, you wouldn't have to make but one...but it would be a heavy load when it was full!

 

[luvmysuper]

The thread below may give you some ideas

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=54746

+1

That's a lot better than...
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[Zephyr]

I got a metal candy box where I made a slice in the lid with my dremel. I guess it's big enough to hold blades a couple of years, then I throw it in the metal recycler at work.

 

[SUNA]

i picked up a blade bank from westcoastshaving.com for a few bucks.

+1

 

[DE Shaver]

I purchased a small resealable container and punched a slot in the top.

 

[Chester]

I have used spice bottles (pepper and coriander, I think, are the two latest ones), that I put the blades in. When full, it's off to the recycling.
-- Chet

 

[GentsInstinct]

I recycle old tins such as tea tins, candy tins and bandaid tins. They look cool on your shelf and when it's full, just seal the lid with super glue and toss it in the trash.