Do you wash new blades?

[beshaved]

I just bought a few packs of blades that package kinda ruin because of oil.

I know that new blades always come covered in some sort of oil, to prevent them from rusting.

And I noticed that people sell "ancient" blades that are soaked in oil too.

Do you wash them before using? Or even sanitized them?
Is the oil harmful?

Arief

[mrjediconsular]

the oil your talking about is probably safe and its sanitize and i just run the blade under the water before each shave.

[CMur12]

The blades should be sanitized when they come out of the package. I have never seen any reason to wash them. The oil won't hurt anything.

- Murray

[Gareth]

Hi Arief, welcome to SMF.

I never wash the blade myself, though I do somewhat instinctively place the head of the razor in warm water anyway to warm it through. Any oil on the surface won't be harmful to you.

Gareth

[Squire]

Grip the end of the blade with a pair of pliers and hold it under running hot water. You don't really have to wash them but it doesn't hurt anything.

[brothers]

My water's hot, but not so much as to threaten my fingers, so I just hold the blade under hot tap water, as I do with the top and bottom plates when the razor is a 2 or 3 piece.

[jww]

I'ver never washed a blade before --- I will soak it a bit in hot water when I first mount it into the razor -- maybe this is just as good?

[Chaps]

Hi Arief, welcome to SMF.

I never wash the blade myself, though I do somewhat instinctively place the head of the razor in warm water anyway to warm it through. Any oil on the surface won't be harmful to you.

Gareth

Me too