Razor Blade Slot In Bathroom

September 07, 2021

During our kitchen renovation we tore out some walls. The classic steel bladed razors had a stem and a holder for the blade.

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The slots are common in homes built before 1970 and would let people dispose of their old blades.

Razor blade slot in bathroom. My house was built in 1959 and i was quite pleased to see when i bought it, that the medicine cabinet has the blade slot. The slots are common in homes built before 1970 and would let people “dispose” of their old blades. Some of these slots are simply cut into the wall or medicine cabinet, but others were made decorative through the use of special blade slot tiles.

Visit insider’s homepage for more stories. My house was built in or around 1955 and we've been in it since the early 90's. It sounds like a scene from a horror film:

My medicine cabinet has a slot for disposing of razor blades, which i presume was a common practice back in the day. I imagine it would take. Instead of throwing a used (but still dangerous) blade into the trash can where it could be found by children or pets, shavers could deposit it through this slot into a cavity in the bathroom wall.

Dropping them into the wall seemed a lot safer than tossing them into the garbage where someone could get cut. Also located above the sink, these mirrors had a small slit at the bottom, similar t. Yes, there was blood…apparently back in the day, some medicine cabinets had a tiny slit where you would dispose of old razor blades.

Visit insider’s homepage for more stories. Instead of throwing a used (but still dangerous) blade into the trash can where it could be found by children or pets, shavers could deposit it through this slot into a cavity in the bathroom wall. The twitter reaction kicked off on january 16 when user @beackupburner shared a photo of a tiled bathroom wall with a slot opening below the words 'razor blades.'

Drop it between the studs in your bathroom wall! One tiktoker, named carly knight, posted about her findings when she saw the old razor blade slot in her home. One wall is shared with our second bathroom on the other side, and we didn’t realize that would mean rusty old razor blades flying everywhere as the drywall was pulled out.

Why do razor blades have holes in them? If one is in the midst of such construction, one should be practicing safety anyway. See more ideas about razor blades, razor, blade.

Well, the follower was right—there was a “used razor blade disposal” in her. The used blades would pile up in a space behind the bathroom mirror. I remember and used the slots.

The used blades would pile up in a space behind the bathroom mirror, not the trash. Tiktok users are finding old rusty razors stashed behind their bathroom mirrors. The used blades would pile up in a space behind the bathroom mirror, not the trash.

Before the days of more modern safety razors and disposable blades, bathrooms had a shaving mirror instead of a medicine chest with shelves inside as we do today. The slots are common in homes built before 1970 and would let people “dispose” of their old blades. I have a medicine cabinet in my kids bathroom that has the slot for used blades it was actually my wife that pointed it out to me the other day house was built in 1910 but i'm sure the medicine cabinet was from the 60's no idea if there are used razor blades in my wall

Tiktoker melissa alicea found a razor slot in her apartment. I believe they also use them in the restrooms on airplanes, might still do. The slots are common in homes built before 1970 and would let people dispose of their old blades.

Or you can go “old school” to get rid of blades and use that slot at the back of your bathroom medicine cabinet.

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