Devices for treating safety razor blades

A device for treating a safety razor blade that comprises blades fixed between end portions of the safety razor blade, the device comprising:

• a substantially rigid frame structure;
• and
• a polymer-based mat coupled to the frame structure;
• wherein the polymer-based mat comprises at least one substantially plane surface having an indentation hardness less than 50 measured on the Durometer Shore A scale, and
• wherein the polymer-based mat is configured to sharpen and clean the blades when the safety razor blade is moved along the polymer-based mat, with the blades in contact with the polymer-based mat, in a direction opposite to a normal shaving direction.

A device for treating a safety razor blade that comprises blades fixed between end portions of the safety razor blade, the device comprising:

• a polymer-based mat, the polymer-based mat comprising at least one substantially plane surface having an indentation hardness less than 50 measured on the Durometer Shore A scale;
• a first sidewall on a first side of the polymer-based mat;
• and
• a second sidewall on a second side of the polymer-based mat;
• wherein the first and second sidewalls are configured to prevent the safety razor blade from sliding off the polymer-based mat in a first direction when a user of the device is sliding the blades along the polymer-based mat, with the blades in contact with the polymer-based mat, in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.