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I've always wondered what both the slots and the wall-full-o'-blades looked like! I've not seen pictures before.
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Originally Posted by Retired in Illinois
It may come as a shock to many under 50 that the trend is to go back to this type of blade disposal with the increase in single razor blade use.
As a single blade shaver I don't have a place to dump my used blades in the walls. What I do is collect the used blades in a very heavy plastic jug, mark it as a bio-hazard, then seal it up tight,l before I trash it.
I cut a slit in the lid of a tin can (it originally held vegetable broth, so, easy to empty through a slit) and put my blades in there; when full the slit will be well-taped, it'll be marked as sharps, and tossed in the trash. Or, I would throw them in a sharps container when I had access to one (my mom lived in senior apartments and all of the trash-chute rooms had a sharps container for disposal).
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Originally Posted by North Beach Person
Van der Hagen blades come in a 5 pack in a plastic sleeve holding all of them. Slide a new one out the top slot, turn the sleeve over and put the used one in that slot.
Several brands do that, actually. Off the top of my head and picturing my blades, Gillette and Feather come to mind, and I know there are others, the Personnas maybe and a couple more (the rest just come in a tiny cardboard box).
Right! Here's the answer! Old metal medicine cabinets from the 40s on up had a "razor slot" in them to safely dispose of used razor blades. There was nothing usually installed under this slot, they just went down into the wall.
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Originally Posted by Mikala43
Ok, the first pictures look creepy to me, and then, with the answer it made total sense.
I learned something really weird today.
^^^ What Mikala said! Diana, I have to say, the pictures in the OP totally freaked me out ... there is something really, really creepy-scary about them.
Even though I now understand why those razor blades were there ... well, I still find it creepy!
I have a 1960 house and have done a lot of remodeling ... but I wonder if I will find such stashes when I remodel the bathrooms in a year or two!
^^^ What Mikala said! Diana, I have to say, the pictures in the OP totally freaked me out ... there is something really, really creepy-scary about them.
I know! Weird, huh! Seems bizarre. A realtor posted it on a facebook group all freaked out because they had no idea why they would be there and assumed it was something really creepy! Scared her to death I think. Once I'd read the thread there, I wondered why we hadn't seen or heard of it before and decided to post it here! It must be pretty common!
Last edited by Diana Holbrook; 03-23-2019 at 07:11 PM..
In times past, it was common for carpenters to put a copy of the local newspaper inside the wall of a new house. I was helping remodel an old house and we found a newspaper from 1895. After the crew and the homeowner's family had read it, we wrote on the top margin, "Date of original construction" and we put a copy of that day's newspaper alongside it, marked "Date of remodeling", before we closed them up in the wall. It was an afternoon newspaper in those days and the date was November 22, 1963, so you know what was on the front page.
Last edited by Steve McDonald; 03-23-2019 at 08:02 PM..
There is nothing creepy about a pile of razor blades behind the "medicine cabinet," at least to those of us who build or remodel houses. Yes, a pile of silver and gold coins would be a lot more interesting, however. Also, old razor blades aren't dangerous as long as you don't handle them with bare hands. Use a set of needle nose pliers to pick them and drop them in a plastic or metal container. Who knows? Maybe you can find the oldest ever razor blade behind a wall and sell it to a collector.
Now, a skull or a human bone behind a wall would indeed be as creepy as a skeleton in a closet
One of my neighbors found a stash of used needles in their closet wall from the previous owner. The previous owner was a body builder, the needles were steroids. They had to have them removed by a hazards squad. Really creepy, and creepy guy too. Never know what you’ll find in a wall...
My parents found a few empty bottles of whiskey in a wall. They had heard the builder was a bit of a drinker. There are probably more in other walls in their home and a few of the neighbors homes that the guy built. Homes were built well at least, except a few windows were not quite centered where they should have been.
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Here's the answer! Old metal medicine cabinets from the 40s on up had a "razor slot" in them to safely dispose of used razor blades. There was nothing usually installed under this slot, they just went down into the wall.
