Miscellaneous Small & Inexpensive Accessories

A magnetic blade picker-upper.



It's from a construction toy that has these plastic rods with neodymium magnets in either end, and a bunch of ball-bearings.
Like this one:




It indispensable for picking the blade out of the cap of a QShave Adjustable or Futur (which cover the ends of the blade), especially if lather has "glued" it in place.
Removing blades from a wet RazoRock Hawk baseplate or cap can be awkward too.

Also handy for picking a blade up from any flat surface.

When it's not in use I park it on the side of a chrome-plated wire tooth brush rack.

D20 blade use counter

What you can't easily see is a small wad of adhesive mounting putty (eg. Fun-Tak, UHU-tac) under the D20. It keeps it from being bumped over to a wrong number.




It's from a set of D'n'D dice, which are available in all manner of materials and colours.


One pair of them (the two 10-sided "Percentile Dice") can get you from 0 to 99 if you want to try hyper-miling a blade.

I suppose a mechanical tally counter would work even better, but I prefer the appearance of the dice.

Silicone rubber pad

I found mine in my kitchen. I think it's supposed to be for putting hot pans on, like a trivet.
It protects the sink from scratches from things like razor blade ends and the unglazed bottom of ceramic lather bowls.
Also if you drop the razor it would soften the landing a bit.

Silicone rubber pad

I found mine in my kitchen. I think it's supposed to be for putting hot pans on, like a trivet.
It protects the sink from scratches from things like razor blade ends and the unglazed bottom of ceramic lather bowls.
Also if you drop the razor it would soften the landing a bit.

I like the silicone pad idea. I've used the various dice and have a mechanical counter like yours. Finally decided to do some selective saw work on the cheap cabinet shelves and I'm now transitioning to using a dry erase marker for counting. The letter indicates the Blade and the number the shave count.

Dave in KY - Are the brushes able to dry out, or do you leave the most recently-used one out for a day?

The dry-erase marker sounds like a good idea. 

Dave in KY - Are the brushes able to dry out, or do you leave the most recently-used one out for a day?

The dry-erase marker sounds like a good idea. 

Why can't I tag some members ????
The synthetics I believe dry fine in there. I do wash my brushes thoroughly and after excess water is shook out, I towel strop them. Sometimes I'll put them on the shelf for the day. Badgers and boars get same treatment but ALWAYS sit out for a day on the shelf. I like them in the cabinet as my shave space is the spare (guest) bath and like them not exposed for those that don't close the lid before flushing (you know who you are) It's less an issue since March though. Also I shower in the Master Bath so little issues with moisture in that bath. 9 years here now and no issues with any brushes.

Tiny silver spoon for creams and certain soaps.  Small dropper bottle with Balistol oil for my straights.

I used to have a dropper for glycerin, then I switched to one of these travel bottles with a cap that has a flip-up spout thingy:
It's just flexible enough to squeeze out a drop at a time, especially with glycerin being so thick.


It was after filling this bottle up that I suspected (and confirmed with wikipedia) that glycerin has a much higher refractive index than water or alcohol. That gives it that weird glassy look.

Why can't I tag some members ????

First you have to be "It". It's how the game of "Tag" works. 
Or maybe they can run faster than you.

Uh... try an ampersand and quotes.

Code:

@"Dave in KY"
@"dave in ky" (to test any upper/lowercase issue)
@"John Rose"
@"Not Even A Member"

Those come out as:
Dave in KY
[font=Monaco, Consolas, Courier, monospace]Dave in KY[/font]
John Rose
@"Not Even A Member"

Without the quotes, this happens:

Code:

@Dave in KY

 is rendered as: [font=Monaco, Consolas, Courier, monospace]dave in KY[/font]

Let's try this name (since he's already involved in this thread and has no spaces in his user name) with an ampersand but without quotes - Mr_Houston
Yup. It works, because the underscore ties the "Mr to the "Houston".

Thanks John Rose You're "It"

Arrived today, from Amazon. More the prep shower, really.

Silicone rubber soap bar holders.
It was surprisingly difficult to meet all of my criteria, but these work.

• drains off water from the bar so it doesn't go all squishy between showers
  
• the holder itself does not slide around on the shower wall shelf
  
• with the curvature of the tops of the ribs giving it raised sides front-to-back AND end-to-end, the soap bar does not easily slide off in any direction. Most of them are only curved front-to-back.
  
• the flexibility makes it easy to clean
  
• Does not rust or oxidize (unlike the chromed wire ones I have).
  
• soap slivers do not slip through (as with the wire ones)
  
• soapy water drips are directed off to the front side, not accumulating under it