Extend the life of razor blades with jeans
What happened: You’re sick of constantly buying new packages of razor cartridges.
What to do: This one sounds weird, but multiple sources, including Gizmodo, swear by it.
Get an old pair of jeans, not your favorite designer pair. Don’t put them on! Instead, set them flat, and run a clean, dry used razor several times up the pants leg. Then, repeat, running it several times down the pants leg.
Don’t shave the jeans — be sure to hold the razor in the opposite direction you would like to shave. The threads on the jeans sharpen the blades, sort of like the old-fashioned “stropping.” And done right, it can keep your blades sharp for months.
