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I'm trying to come up with an environmentally friendly way of disposing my razor blades, so I cut a slit into an empty soup broth can, but not having any proper tools I ended up using a paring knife. Not wanting to feth up my kitchen knives anymore, what works well with cutting slits into cans?

Also I fixed the typo on my label.

   
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Can you explain what is non-environmentally friendly about razor blades? I'm honestly curious since I was not aware of that as an issue; it seems like they would just rust into nothing pretty quick.

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 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Can you explain what is non-environmentally friendly about razor blades? I'm honestly curious since I was not aware of that as an issue; it seems like they would just rust into nothing pretty quick.


You can't recycle them normally as they're sharp and can injure workers.

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 NinthMusketeer wrote:
Can you explain what is non-environmentally friendly about razor blades? I'm honestly curious since I was not aware of that as an issue; it seems like they would just rust into nothing pretty quick.


Might be just concern about them being a cutting risk. If he's disposing them by cutting a slit in a can, then he is probably using a safety razor with disposable straight razor blades:



Throwing those in the trash could cause them to cut through the trash can, cause a worker to get cut, or cause wildlife to get cut depending on where the trash ends up. Putting them in a can let's them either rust away together with the can or end up recycled with the can, as well as limiting the risk of accidental injury to anybody else.

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Try the revell blade dispenser.
I LOVE these just so I dont worry about my dogs eating a blade.

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Hotsauceman has the right idea, you can buy legit storage for used blades at any hardware store.

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Could just run a file across the blade then put a few wraps of masking tape on the blade. Or find someone in the medical field and get a sharps container
   
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Use a jar, instead.
It is easier to take the lid off to cut a slot, and can be taped up.
But, disposing of glass is not the same as disposing of metal cans with metal blades in them.

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I use a chicken broth can for my used blades. I think I used an old puncture style can opener to make the initial hole, then my chef's knife to make it the right size, then a flat head screwdriver to widen and smooth it out. One can will hold a few years' worth of blades. Mine will last even longer now that I've switched to using straight razors primarily.

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 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Try the revell blade dispenser.
I LOVE these just so I dont worry about my dogs eating a blade.


This is what I use too.. but I admit I used to just toss em in the trash back in the day before I discovered it.

But if you mean razors for beards, then yeah the can is a good idea. If you want something stronger than a paring knife, you could probably use a small chisel from your local hardware store or dad's tool box

 
   
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Also use a hunting or camping knife. Punches through a can top like cold butter. If you don't have one you should get one because all manly menz must have one.


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 Frazzled wrote:
Also use a hunting or camping knife.
To shave with? Cool!
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 Skinnereal wrote:
 Frazzled wrote:
Also use a hunting or camping knife.
To shave with? Cool!
Are you sure you're not the fabled Mick Alligator Dallas?


Well of course matey. But you can also use such knife to punch a nice hole in a can if you are a wussy and uses mere razor blades.

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@OP your standard big orange safety box cutter would probably do the trick just fine for cutting slits into a can. Then again, if you're using one of those, the old blades are just stored in the handle, so you don't have to throw them out loosely.
   
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 Skinnereal wrote:
 Frazzled wrote:
Also use a hunting or camping knife.
To shave with? Cool!
Are you sure you're not the fabled Mick Alligator Dallas?


Having tried that with a wicked sharp Kabar....it doesn't work well. Not that it is to painful but that it literally doesn't do a good job

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Just to eliminate some confusion here:
The example picture the OP used is of a commonly homemade blade bank for safety razor blades. The picture itself is of a bathroom sink with shaving brush and safety razor in the background. I am 99.99% the OP is wanting to dispose of safety razor blades, not utility blades, not x-acto blades.

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Grow beard. Buy clippers.

Voila!

No need for razor disposer thingy
   
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A can opener, when desired length achieved use pliers to widen opening to fit blade.

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 Necros wrote:
If you want something stronger than a paring knife, you could probably use a small chisel from your local hardware store or dad's tool box


It's not that paring knives don't work (they do), it's that they're not meant for opening cans and it wrecks the blade.
   
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You'd be able to get more blades into that can if you cut a horizontal slit on the side just below the lid.


 
   
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 Cheesecat wrote:
I'm trying to come up with an environmentally friendly way of disposing my razor blades, so I cut a slit into an empty soup broth can, but not having any proper tools I ended up using a paring knife. Not wanting to feth up my kitchen knives anymore, what works well with cutting slits into cans?

Also I fixed the typo on my label.


Just do what I do, and dispose of them by eating them.



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 Cheesecat wrote:
I'm trying to come up with an environmentally friendly way of disposing my razor blades, so I cut a slit into an empty soup broth can, but not having any proper tools I ended up using a paring knife. Not wanting to feth up my kitchen knives anymore, what works well with cutting slits into cans?

Also I fixed the typo on my label.




Hammer and screwdriver.
   
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 Tannhauser42 wrote:
The example picture the OP used is of a commonly homemade blade bank for safety razor blades.


Is there some reason to go to that sort of trouble for it? I can see how you'd want the blades safe if you have children in the house (kids WILL play with razor blades, IIRC I did with some leftover ones after old grandpa), but you'd need a safe place to store the unused blades too so why not keep the used ones in an opened can there? A fully opened can will be a closed can very quickly if you properly apply a hammer to it.

But blade bank it is, so let's see. If you're worried about damaging a knife (I'd trust my Glock combat knife to handle that with no damage, but it did cost me ~30€) you could perhaps use a very small drill to mark the start and end points of the slit? And maybe holes on the line too? That would make it easier to open with a knife, chisel or whatever.
   
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Unused safety razor blades are usually individually wrapped in paper and come 5 - 10 in a small box, so no dangers there (assuming no kids with curious hands).
The purpose of a blade bank is convenience and safety. Drop the blade in the slot and done. Accidentally knocking over or dropping the can will almost never result in any blades coming back out. Once the can is full (which takes years, mine is nearly four years old), just tape over the slot and toss in the trash.

There are, of course, commercially available blade banks, but some of us have already blown enough money on silvertip badger brushes, dozens of different soaps and aftershaves, etc., that we can at least look our wives in the eye and say, honestly, we saved money on this part.

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 BigWaaagh wrote:



Hammer and screwdriver.


This reminded me of a situation I found myself in recently. Was visiting my girlfriend and we were making fajitas. I go to open the tin of kidney beans and ask her where the can opener is, which is met with an embarrassed silence.

Cue me sitting on the floor using the bottle opener I have on my keys and the heel of one of my cuban boots to punch through enough of the damn lid to pry it open

We bought a can opener the next day

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