They are M5 and seem right to me. Perhaps someone else who knows more will weigh in.
Where to buy washers for DE razors?
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Those are the right ones, yes.
Excellent, thanks!
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Thanks everyone for the links and great information! Greatly appreciated!
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Will take you up on it. Thanks!
They are already in the mail.
I think so. 10x5x1, so 99% sure they are the ones.
I typically buy them from Home Depot bulk bins. I use the hard white nylon washers.
Because I live in a country that uses the metric system, finding anything metric is tough. Go figure; apparently inches and gallons are metric. So I buy the nylon #10 washers and try them on the razor. If they fit, cool. If not, they just need a gentle ream out with a drill bit held in a tap driver.
I buy them 20 at a time (about $2) because I have a bad habit of dropping them down the drain if I'm not paying close attention.
O.H.
Because I live in a country that uses the metric system, finding anything metric is tough. Go figure; apparently inches and gallons are metric. So I buy the nylon #10 washers and try them on the razor. If they fit, cool. If not, they just need a gentle ream out with a drill bit held in a tap driver.
I buy them 20 at a time (about $2) because I have a bad habit of dropping them down the drain if I'm not paying close attention.
O.H.
Our Lowe's here used to carry them... I don't know about Home Depot... but I checked both places before I ordered them from eBay. Sad how stores carry fewer and fewer items as time goes on.
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Many thanks!!!
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So true. I went to Home Depot for a sink hose and they barely had any.
I got some at my local Home Depot, then later when making an order on maggards I added their pack to the order. Only difference is the Home Depot ones are twice as thick.
Yup, that was my thinking. I bought a 100-pack because I figured I'd lose a few. One year later, I'm down to only about 50!
The slippery little buggers go down the drain, down the heat register, fall on the floor and get vacuumed up, get eaten by the dog, etc.
I've even had them fall on the floor and get stuck on my feet so I track them out on the carpet... where they inevitably get sucked up by the vacuum or eaten by the dog.
That's a good question, my plastic razor doesn't need it, I am lucky 
I went to Lowes and Home Depot today and they both had M5 size washers, but all steel and no Nylon.
Bear in mind depending on the thickness, you lose a few rotations of connection between the threads and screw. I don't tighten the razor with a death grip and see no need for washers.
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Good to know. Thanks.
Ace hardware, Big R, and Farm & Fleet. Don’t tell them what you want them for, because they’ll laugh you right out of the store. At least in my neck of the woods.
That was my experience as well... they used to carry them
I think if I had only 1 or 2 safety razors used daily I might even push the pursuit to ordering online, but I have 13 safety’s which I rotate along with my straights so I will not try to chase them down.
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