Razor Blade Sharpening Device and Method

A sharpening apparatus for safety razors having a plurality of parallel blades engaged in a blade head, comprising:

• a housing having sidewalls defining an interior cavity;
• an opening in said housing, said opening configured to contact a blade head having a plurality of razor bladed engaged therewith;
• said opening in said contact with said blade head, positioning said blades to a sharpening position, with each projecting past an interior surface of said interior cavity surrounding said opening, and into said interior cavity;
• a wheel engaged within said interior cavity;
• a plurality of paddles engaged at respective first ends with said wheel;
• each of said paddles having a distal end and a mid portion in-between said distal end and said first end;
• said paddles formed of flexible material;
• a rotation of said wheel imparting a rotation to said paddles;
• and
• each said distal end of each said paddle, contacting said blades in sequential sliding contact during said rotation of said wheel with said blades in said sharpening position, whereby said blades are sharpened by said sequential sliding contact of said distal end of each paddle.