Blades: Remove after every shave?

After every shave I remove the blade from the razor and drop it in a small custard bowl filled with baby oil and give the razor a quick wipe down.

Depends on the razor and blades. For my vintage or modern steel razors I'll clean them after each use, particularly if I'm using a Treet or GEM carbon steel blade, but for my zamak razors I'll leave the blade in and just rinse.

I just realized that I voted a while back, but never posted.
I am a little OCD:
After every shave, I rinse that blade under hot water and then pat it dry with a cotton towel (not touching the edges). Then I place it in a "drying tin", which is a small mint tin containing silica gel packs.
I then proceed to rinse and lightly scrub the razor with a soft toothbrush and then wipe it dry with the same cotton towel.
I realize that it may not be necessary, but it has never had a bad effect on razors or blades.

I can see it if the razor may sit unused for a long time, removing the blade could be beneficial, but generally it just seems like overkill to me. I have only a few razors in rotation and just ensure they are rinsed well after use and have seen no issues at all.

I rinse, shake it dry and hang it. I use a blade for up to 3 days in a row before I toss it. In 50 years I've never thrown away a rusty one.

Mm

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.

My razor directions say to remove the blade and clean my razor after every use, but my Gillette and Treet packages say not to remove the blade. Which do I do?

Lately I've been replacing my blades more often and have been noticing better results. Two shaves per blade is the new sweet spot for me, but sometimes I'll toss it after one.

I have a few hundred Voskhods so usually I just put 1-2 shaves on one blade but on the Polsilvers I'll get 4 to 6 no problem


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I do a hybrid because I'm a little lazy. I loosen the razor in between shaves to allow air to reach the steel, but I don't fully remove the blade. This allows the blade to dry fully and stainless steel requires oxygen to maintain its corrosion-resistant properties so air flow is important. I leave the razor fully tightened with the blade in for zamak or plated razors.

Edit: Just noticed I already posted the same thing earlier in this thread. Oops!

I use to just let it ride until, I left a wet blade in a razor and set it aside. Guess what, the blade rusted... Aside from the stains to the razor which in most cases, can be removed I'm not sure I liked the idea of potentially shaving with a rusty razor. So from that point forward I removed them, dried them off and stuck them under a die ( singular for dice!) so I can keep track of how many times I used the blade.

Jervis