Blades: Remove after every shave?

nope. adds work and potential for a cut.

I believe even Feather recommends that you don't remove the blade, but rather to shake it dry.

Shake it like a Polaroid picture!

I believe even Feather recommends that you don't remove the blade, but rather to shake it dry.

Shake it like a Polaroid picture!

You realize A LOT of people here might not even know what you are talking about. I bet you remember having to actually get up to turn (change) the channel on your TV. I just dated myself also.

OK, when I responded to this question at first posting I was in the let it ride camp - removing the blade to rinse and dry just hadn't occurred to me.  Then, after reading these posts, I got to thinking that maybe there was something to this remove, rinse and dry thing.  So I started doing it and now I can't stop.  I do it all the time.  I don't get any rust but I did find upon post shave examination that with some of the razors, soap didn't get rinsed out thoroughly unless I removed the blade and rinsed it out.  One more step in the process one more eye roll from my wife but such is life.

kwsher  could you change my vote to squarely in the remove blade and let dry camp?  And if you could suggest any other adjustments to my routine that I haven't thought of yet, by all means let me know  I'm not so set in my ways that I'm not open to learning new and better things.
Thanks,
Marko

So do you good people remove your blades after every shave? Dip in alcohol? Barbicide? Any other ritual care you find effective?

Who, me? Hell no! I would go back to cartridges or an electric before having to go through all that nonsense.

I remove it,dry it and store it

In my opinion, handling the blade more than necessary exposes one to the increased risk of accidental harm. Additionally, constant assembly and disassembly of the razor can make threads wear on 2 and 3piece razors, and create mechanical wear on TTO's. While this would take hundreds of years to perhaps create a problem for most, the metallurgy in our razors is not to the standard of say, a jet engine blade. Alloys are precise, but unless you pay ridiculous sums of cash, not precise enough to promise their total-sum quality. In short, if you happened to get a botched razor, it could speed up the degradation of the mechanics. Unlikely, but possible.

After each shave, I thoroughly rinse the head and ensure the blade is clean and clear from debris. Then, I soak the razor in a tub of alcohol for a minute or so, really swish it around. When I remove it, I lay it on a towel and blast it with cold air from my wife's hair blower. Dries it out, disinfects it, and keeps it clean. Every blade change the heads get a good cleaning, and every so often I'll put just the tiniest amount of SR oil on the threads for good measure.

Andy

Since I have a rotation of say 20+ DE razors, and very rarely if ever use the same razor for more than once or twice a month, I of course remove the blade from the razor after the shave.

If I used the same razor, I would do the same thing.

Even Stainless steel will rust, if you don't take proper care.
Try putting a sharp kitchen knife in the dishwasher, and you will see that even the more expensive stainless steel knifes will eventually rust.

I'm one of those weird Spaniards that has a tendency to read the instructions of all the stuff that enters his house. I don't know if not doing so applies to many nationalities, but in the case of my own people, it's quite common to start using things without RTFM , then complain it doesn't work, it broke down, etc, etc...

According to the instructions of my Edwin Jagger (my only DE razor, currently, likely to change in the short term) you are to disassemble, pat dry the blade, clean and dry the razor, then put it back together again. And that's how I do. Humidity is a concern for me, as I live by the coast (the beach is 400 meters away from my place) and it's pretty humid in the north of Spain.

As usual, YMMV.

I'm one of those weird Spaniards that has a tendency to read the instructions of all the stuff that enters his house. I don't know if not doing so applies to many nationalities, but in the case of my own people, it's quite common to start using things without RTFM  , then complain it doesn't work, it broke down, etc, etc...

According to the instructions of my Edwin Jagger (my only DE razor, currently, likely to change in the short term) you are to disassemble, pat dry the blade, clean and dry the razor, then put it back together again. And that's how I do. Humidity is a concern for me, as I live by the coast (the beach is 400 meters away from my place) and it's pretty humid in the north of Spain.

As usual, YMMV.

Oh, I don't think that's a country specific condition but rather the human condition.