Razor Blades in Your Walls: I get daily emails from The Family Handyman, giving me tips and miscellaneous information. Today, they reminded me about a simple way to dispose of razor...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I get daily emails from The Family Handyman, giving me tips and miscellaneous information. Today, they reminded me about a simple way to dispose of razor blades. They said that in houses built before 1970, it was common to have a slot in the medicine cabinet for disposing of razor blades.

When my aunt and uncle moved into their new house decades ago, one unusual feature he pointed out was the slot for razor blades. Apparently, this was very common up till about 1970.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

Yup, remember that as a kid!

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I used to work with my dad as a carpenter; it’s so much fun when opening a wall to do a remodel to find a stash of hundreds used razor blades. That stopped when people began insulating walls.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I remember it well. We had one in our medicine cabinet when I was growing up.

David Martin Loc: Cary, NC

jerryc41 wrote:

I get daily emails from The Family Handyman, giving me tips and miscellaneous information. Today, they reminded me about a simple way to dispose of razor blades. They said that in houses built before 1970, it was common to have a slot in the medicine cabinet for disposing of razor blades.

When my aunt and uncle moved into their new house decades ago, one unusual feature he pointed out was the slot for razor blades. Apparently, this was very common up till about 1970.

Hotel bathrooms used to have them. Imagine how many blades they accumulated.
Here's an example wall tile; reference for image: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/55/04/e5/5504e513cb113545724f0c3d01bb78f7.jpg

nervous2 Loc: Provo, Utah

Not many people use the thin blades that you could slip in the slots any more.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

jerryc41 wrote:

I get daily emails from The Family Handyman, giving me tips and miscellaneous information. Today, they reminded me about a simple way to dispose of razor blades. They said that in houses built before 1970, it was common to have a slot in the medicine cabinet for disposing of razor blades.

When my aunt and uncle moved into their new house decades ago, one unusual feature he pointed out was the slot for razor blades. Apparently, this was very common up till about 1970.

Just think about houses built using balloon construction and the fire breaks being above the blade slot, which they usually were, the razor blade would end up in the basement or cellar.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

I too remember the slot.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

nervous2 wrote:

Not many people use the thin blades that you could slip in the slots any more.

Yes, that's what the article said. I didn't realize they had gone out of style. I stopped shaving a month ago.

stu352 Loc: MA/RI Border

Imagine the poor guy doing a "down to the studs" renovation of one of these old houses. Crack the wall open and a zillion rusty razor blades come raining out...

Runninglate Loc: Saint Cloud, Florida

I still use the "old fashion" razor and blades. I miss not having that little slit in medicine cabinet.

PhotoPhred Loc: Cheyney, Pa

My home was built in 1910 and still has a medicine cabinet with the razor blade slot.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

I must be too young for this. I'm just a mere 65 years old. LOL

flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley

I remember this slots.

Richard Spencer Loc: Evansville, Indiana

We moved into a new duplex 1968 in an area where some old homes had been torn down. Imagine my shock one day when out in the yard my two year old daughter came from around the house to show me what she had found. Both hands held bunches of single edge razor blades. I was able to talk her into just relaxing her hands and letting them drop rather than me trying to grab them from her hands. Luckily not a single nick or cut.