Today I found out how to dramatically increase the life of your shaver razor blades, such as Gillette or Wilkinson razors. This trick is incredibly simple and incredibly effective. It will also save you a nice chunk of cash over time.

Materials Needed:

Pair of Jeans (old or new, it doesn’t matter; just needs to have one of the trouser legs intact)

Shaver like Gillette or Wilkinson razors or other disposable razors.

Before you shave place your jeans on a hard flat surface; then run the razor up the trouser leg about 10-15 times quickly; then repeat running it down the trouser leg 10-15 times quickly. No need to press that hard, but a little pressure is necessary. In both instances, you want to point the top of the razor in the direction you are rubbing the shaver on the trousers. In other words, don’t “shave” the jeans; point the razor the other way, so that the blades glide over the surface of the jeans and don’t try to cut them.

The threads on the jeans then will very effectively both fix any tiny bends in the blades that inevitably happen and will also sharpen the blades on your shaver cartridge. For an already dull blade, you can sharpen it up pretty effectively by doing 50-100 swipes both ways to get it back up to “like new” condition, but only 10-15 times swiped both ways should be necessary to maintain sharpness.

Let me know how you get on. 😀