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I always buy mine with the blade sharpened only on the inside, it's much safer. |
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I have just such a thing. It's called a beard. |
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Cheap razor blades are very brittle and snap in half surprisingly easily. |
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But they will stay sharp enough even when broken. This is quite
a difficult problem, I think. Heat them? |
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Leave them half submerged in a glass of water overnight. |
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so you propose to do this in which way? |
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One of those really expensive ceramic sharpeners will do it for you. |
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I think it's called a "brick". |
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A file, coarse whetstone, grinding wheel, concrete floor,
scrap of cast iron, handy rock from the driveway, [The
Alterother]'s personality, or the threads of a good-sized
hex bolt are all hard and abrasive enough to serve this
purpose. Where is the invention here, and more
significantly, why? |
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[Loris]'s suggestion is the method I employ, and it works
quite well. You can even buy 100-count packs of utility
blades (which, given the context, I assume is what is meant
by "razors") with a handy dispenser that has a slot for used
blades in the back. |
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Utility blades yes all types. |
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The invention is a tool purpose made to remove/
blunt the sharp cutting edge.
I envisioned and neglected to describe a device that
grinds the sharpness off. You drop the blade in an
enclosed housing. Maybe a handheld device spring
loaded scissor like. I want the experience of
destroying the blade to be gratifying and safe.
Water would take too long i think. |
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Re: abrasive tools. Dull the blade with an 18" bastard file
until you are safely gratified, then drop it in a sharps
container. Wear leather work gloves. |
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When my sharps container is full, I dump it into my scrap
metal dumpster for pick-up, but I'm aware that not
everyone owns a welding shop. Regardless, your local scrap
dealer will gladly pay you a few bucks for a bucket of old
blades, whether dulled or sharp. You can even safely throw
them into the garbage can by simply putting them inside
an empty jar, can, or cardboard box. I once saw a co-
worker make an impromtu sharps container by cutting a
slit in an empty soda can with the very blade he wished to
discard, then pushing the blade all the way through. Once
it's in there, the chance of it finding its way out is
ridiculously low. |
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It seems the solution to your conundrum lies in safe
handling and storage of used sharps, rather than in a
complicated method of decommissioning them. |
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Some sort of anti-pyramid? |
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//not everyone owns a welding shop// And whose
fault is that? Come the Revolution, "your" welding
shop will belong to the People. |
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A decent self-respecting revolution should damn well be *born* in a welding shop, the child of sweat and hammers and "how can we make this work" - rather than being the illegitimate offspring of a shopping trolley and a lawn sprinkler Occupying the city park. |
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<pulls plug on incipient rant> |
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^ agreed. I'll happily volunteer my shop for any sort of
revolutionary
purposes, as long as you clean up when you're done. |
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Thinking back on 1970's solutions, they used to promote (sell?) a small pyramid to keep razors sharp if you put it in the centre of the base. Some people are still doing it now - see link. |
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So, it must be possible to use the same effect to make them blunt <starts experimenting with an anti-pyramid made from a cereal packet> |
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Nasty cough you have there...still trying to get the gilt right on the miniature mummy case..hang, surely I need an anti-pharoah as well? |
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As the embalmer said to the mummy ... |
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Anyway, I raise you one laser directed lightning wossername..useful for ermm..er ..er...it'd keep the slugs down..(and I suppose you could use it to erode the cutting edge of a razor, if I have to think something vaguely practical) see link |
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The correct answer is "You'll keep". |
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Dear Jutta,
Thank you for the nemesis I have broken it already. |
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//I have just such a thing. It's called a beard.
-- angel, Apr 03 2012//
If you have a beard that implies you don't shave - so how does your razor get blunt? |
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Erm that was the old pharonic name joke. Tut, being the one between Akhenaten and Kheperkheperure Ay, according to wikipedia, so it must be true. |
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<Tap tap> Is this thing on? Yes, I got the King Tut reference, but "As the embalmer said to the mummy, 'You'll keep'". |
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That's worse than my joke..I'm favourably impressed. |
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I've just noticed you did the anti-pyramid before me. <exit stage left, head bowed, no bears - due to the cut-backs> |
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Finally. You stole my anno, but apparently failed to notice. Hence my attempt to point out your theft, which you failed to notice. Hence my veiled threats, which you also failed to notice. Hence my nemesis appears to be broken. (Or is that what I want you to think I think you think I think?) |
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[hippo], I have a beard, that collection of hair which tends to grow on the chin and cheeks of the adult male human. Use of a razor ensures that said beard remains at maximal shortness. The enbluntification of said razor is consequent. |
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These alternative suggestions are all well and good but they take no account of vfrackis' obvious talent for self harm.
Rather than obtaining any or all of these additional dangerous devices on which to disable yourself you should take advantage of your obvious cack-handedness and start using superglue more often. If you haven't got anything that needs sticking together then break something (you should be good at that) and then stick it back together again with superglue.
After a couple of days of this sort of thing the tips of your fingers will be coated in a nice, protective layer of the stuff. You need never suffer the depredations of an ambushing razor blade ever again.
In fact, the viciously sharp razor blade may become your best friend as it will probably be the only tool you've got that can help to remove all the things that you've got stuck to your fingers.
As an additional bonus, your fingerprints will disappear too, so a rich and fulfilling career of housebreaking and car theft becomes a tempting possibility. |
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//Or is that what I want you to think I think you think I think?)
— spidermother,// |
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I'm glad I'm not the only one to get annoyed when that happens. |
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I find it a bad sign that nobody ever steals mine, I mean, that rotating superconducting cheese, there's gotta be something in it? |
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Thinking about it, what you really need is a small pyramid with reversible polarity. You could turn it to setting 1 to blunt the razors, the setting 2 to sharpen them up for a shave. Or something like that. |
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//I find it a bad sign that nobody ever steals mine, I mean, that rotating superconducting cheese, there's gotta be something in it?// |
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I retro-plagerised that from you years ago, only for you to delete your anno. |
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