Blade disposale

divotmax · Post by **divotmax** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:28 am

Hi;

I use a decorative tin that held an unusual kind of tea. Cut a slot in the top and epoxy the lid on, and it makes a fairly nice addition to the counter top. It's about the size of a can of soup.

BobS

Racso_MS · Post by **Racso_MS** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:32 pm

If you use condensed milk or a similar item, you can do like Michael suggested. Cut you one or two slices in the side close to the top of the can opposite of where you used your can opener to open the milk. Turn it so the holes are on the bottom and the slices on the top and put your used blades in. When it's full, beat it down with a hammer and no one gets hurt.

If you use a plastic bottle of glass jar there is always the possibility of someone breaking the jar or crushing the plastic bottle and "OUCH".

Or buy a commercial blade bank like someone suggested.

My two cents worth.

Steve-o · Post by **Steve-o** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:12 pm

timc wrote:
Steve-o wrote:I'm filling up an empty Altoids tin. But, then, it's only me -- no kids to find it, no one else to open it by accident. When it's full, I'll seal it, mark it, and recycle it.
I wouldn't want to be the one sorting out that batch!

*shrug* I figure it's metal blades in a metal tin and it will be sealed so that it will be quite difficult to open. If someone wants to get into a clearly-marked, hard-to-open tin, they need to find some better hobbies.

Hawkeye5 · Post by **Hawkeye5** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:30 pm

I just drop mine through the slot in the medicine cabinet and it falls down between the studs to the plate. Old school.

giraffejumper · Post by **giraffejumper** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:19 pm

I love the way Coke tastes in Styrofoam cups.
Coke tastes different depending on the container for some odd reason.
I noticed one day when I went to throw a blade away that it fit nicely in the bottom of a Styrofoam cup I had facing up in the trashcan.
So I pulled it out and that is where my blades go.
Before I take out the trash, I stack another Styrofoam cup the same size INTO the one with the blades - therefore sealing them off so no one gets cut.
Never had any problems.
The blades dig in slightly sometimes and stick in place without going thru the cup.

jayb · Post by **jayb** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:37 pm

I slit a hole in my empty bottle of Pichaud's Clubman. I like it.

AACJ · Post by **AACJ** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:04 am

ichabod wrote: I just use small children!

I collect mine until a day or so before Halloween, then I get some apples and caramel and......

BrianP · Post by **BrianP** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:19 am

AACJ wrote:
ichabod wrote: I just use small children!
I collect mine until a day or so before Halloween, then I get some apples and caramel and......

I was waiting for this. I can relax now.

Post by **ichabod** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:39 am

BrianP wrote:
AACJ wrote:
ichabod wrote: I just use small children!
I collect mine until a day or so before Halloween, then I get some apples and caramel and......
I was waiting for this. I can relax now.

Too much work - I simply dump them in the sand box at a local school.

daveshaves · Post by **daveshaves** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:37 am

Pete_T wrote:I just use the slot in the back of the medicine cabinet. If your house isnt old enough to have a slot, you could always cut one out with a dremel tool. (kidding)

Why kid?

If I didn't have a slot, I wouldn't be shy about dremeling out a slot. Only a very select group of people will look in your medicine cabinet, so who cares?

JP · Post by JP » Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:46 pm

It would be a truly excellent idea to first pull that medicine cabinet and see what's behind it, you might be surprised. Wiring is the big thing to look out for, and it can be where you least expect it.

Racso_MS · Post by **Racso_MS** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:49 pm

This was posted on another forum and a question was asked...

"If you happen to drop a "Feather" razor blade down the slot, and there were some wires close by, wouldn't the Feather slice right through the wires even if it passed within a quarter of an inch." The potential hazards are enormous, just think it might even slice through a support beam and there goes the neighborhood.

SilverKarn · Post by **SilverKarn** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:37 pm

Go to your local hospital and ask where to get a sharps container, this is what i did, and they gave me a nice red plastic box with a biohazard sticker on the side, they then told me to bring it back when it was full

giraffejumper · Post by **giraffejumper** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:43 pm

"If you happen to drop a "Feather" razor blade down the slot, and there were some wires close by, wouldn't the Feather slice right through the wires even if it passed within a quarter of an inch." The potential hazards are enormous, just think it might even slice through a support beam and there goes the neighborhood.

At least they didn't say:

"If you happen to drop a "Merkur" blade down the slot, with it being so rough and course to most shavers but only good to a few, would it get stuck in the mid air due to drag and air resistance?"

At least they didn't say that.

Racso_MS · Post by **Racso_MS** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:59 pm

Phil,

You *!@**&%**$#@... I know you understand what I said, it's Southern.

You know I like Merkurs...

That was low even for you...

LMAO...

ecks · Post by **ecks** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:16 pm

This is skirting the issue somewhat, but sometimes if I'm worried about loose old blades, I drag the edges hard against some handy steel item. Handtools are good. I'm never very far from a screwdriver or pair of pliers, and the hardened steel tools make short work of the soft, thin edges of razor blades. A couple quick scrapes and the blade is as blunt as a butter knife.

In principle I still like the sharps box/blade box, though. Maybe if you live with little kids and are worried you can do both