How to keep your razor blade sharp with a pair of jeans!
Don’t want to buy a Razorpit? Here’s a quick and very effective tip for keeping your razor blade sharper for longer!
What you want to do, prior to shaving (or afterwards as well if you want!), is stroke your razor along the length of a pair of blue jeans. Doing this is very similar to sharpening a straight razor on a leather strop. About 10 to 20 strokes across a pair of jeans held taught will sharpen up the blades of your razor and make it last much much longer.
I managed to find a pretty ratty Mach 3 blade (probably 2 or 3 weeks old) and tried this out yesterday. 20 strokes in each direction (top to bottom and bottom to top) and the razor was as sharp as it was straight out of the packet! I even shaved with it and i’m happy to report a comforatble shave and zero cuts!
One thing to note, you want to stroke the razor blade across your jeans the opposite direction to which you’d usually shave. That means you’re pushing the razor forwards across the jeans rather than pulling it back as you would if you were shaving.
Handy, right? Try it out and let me know how you get on with it!
A very nice person alterted me to this tip, which you can find here complete with instruction video.
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does it work with disposable razors? Nice tip! x
I tried it on a Mach # and have been using the same blade for over three weeks now. No cuts, nicks or razor burn since doing this. One thing to note, if you have time shake off all the water and dip the blade in Rubbing Alcohol, this will dry and sterilize it quickly and not cause water corrosion which is the reason for micro rust on the blades.
Nice tip! Thanks for that, will try it out next time.