Disassemble, clean and Lube the LEAF Twig or Thorn 

We can appreciate so very much how simple our three-piece razors are to clean and maintain when we watch the disassembly of your Twig or Thorn razor; and you have had yours for no more than 6 months and already so much junk accumulated and needs to be cleaned.

Very cool video seeing the internals of the twig. Thanks for showing us this ! However, it makes me want to buy a 3 piece razor, much simpler and easy to clean. Less moving parts means less maintenance !

Thank you for creating the video. I own both a Twig and a Thorn, and I thoroughly enjoy utilizing them. While it does require considerable effort, it offers promising prospects for a significantly extended lifespan prediction.

This is an exceptional video Heiko, I had an issue with mine where the threaded nut was coming loose when opening and closing and did the same thing with the paper clip, I struggled with it but finally figured it out. I wouldn’t attempt a full disassembly like you did. You took it apart and put it back together like a surgeon. Well done Heiko👏🏻

Thanks for sharing your video 🪒 very interesting about cleaning the razor 💈

Only 1 synonym to surgical precision: this video 👍

I fully followed your instructions and successfully cleaned the leaf twig! Thank you. It's easier than I thought when i actually tried. It definitely requires a little DIY skill. If other friends you can correctly replace a phone battery by yourself, it should be at the same level to disassemble and clean the leaf twig. The most difficult part for me is the circular ring at the bottom. It seems to have some glue to make it solid.

Had to sub after this video! Thankyou for just being you! Your honesty is great! Have a great weekend. Gday from Australia 😊

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Heiko I came across today on RU-vid a short video by Leaf themselves about maintenance of the Twig or Thorn. They recommend cleaning with a little dish soap and a soft toothbrush, a careful dry with a cloth and two small drops of their own shave oil up the bottom and to turn the screw a few times. Ingredients: Sunflower Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Jojoba Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Rosehip Oil, Vitamin E. By the way, when using split DE blades it seems to make sense to lie the half blade in the razor so that the bent part, where split, lies curved down rather than up. I think the razor may have been designed to take those bends into account.

My twig started to seize up last week. Had to make a tool (wooden dowel with tiny nails with heads cut off) as I had too much corrosion to use paper clip. Horrible design for longevity. The rod on mine had tons of oxidation and mineral deposits. Daily use. Coating on the rod is gone. None of these units will work in couple years unless you are a razor collector with minimal use. It should have a rubber o-rings to keep water and dirt out from internals. Better yet, a simple 3 piece design that would work just like Rex or Flexi. All these extra parts are here so that the top rotates and stays connected. Perfect example of overengineering. After I saw coatings coming off, I threw it away. Will never buy again. Danke für das Video

Great video. I own one of these, and I am glad to see that, if need be, it comes apart.

I don't have a leaf twig or torn but this was a joy to watch regardless

I very much enjoy how much you like to tinker and find out how things work. It is fascinating to see how some of the more complicated razors work. Funny enough, my Thorn started to not open all the way, so I watched this video thinking I'd be able to fix it. Nope 😂 Intead I wrote Leaf and sorted it out with them. Big shout out to Leaf for quick a quick reply and a satisfactory resolution. Cheers

I would just throw it in the dishwasher to clean. The enzymatic action of the detergent and hot water should do a great job.

I grew a beard watching this.

great job👌

I found out that if you open the razor like you would inserting a blade and just keep twisting clockwise it comes apart without using a paperclip. For assembling it again I just hold the top firm with my fingers and twist counterclockwise. Don‘t know if this damages the razor but it works

Great video! You are amazing! I could never do what you did with that razor, I’m not that mechanically inclined. But, like someone else said, this makes me want to buy a three-piece razor for easier cleaning. I have the twig, and I like it, however, I’ll never be able to get it completely clean like you did with your razor.

We don't have to tell your wife anything, she's sneaky watching your video's, so better not use her towels again LOL :) Just kidding Heiko, I have watched and learned a lot from all of your video's. I truly like people who do things with their own hands in stead of sending it out or even buying new stuff ! I have always been interested in an ultrasonic cleaner, I think I have to buy one because it took me by surprise how quickly things look 'bad' after so little time !

Interesting video: This is all Zamack, molded.....no machining..... My 5c advice: keep using till it doesn't and then venture into cleaning/fixing..... Zamack will "rot".......

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Thank you for this tutorial. I want to know if you put the whole razor into the ultrasonic cleaner. Will it work? Disassembly is harder than I thought.

I had my Leaf Twig already on order when I viewed your video Heiko. Really excellent. I have had one shave with the Twig yesterday, and having given the right side of my chin (bumps) a chance to recover from recent shaves, I had a very good shave, wtg, acg, atg under the chin, and a clean up along/under the jaw, without restarting the bumps. Very pleased with that using the a Leaf blade. With regard to maintenance of the razor, I do not at this stage consider (at this stage) disassembling for reasons of voiding the warranty, but what is your view on do/don’t attempt lubrication of the mechanism from the top, by oiling the cap post and by dropping in some lube through the bottom? I forget if the ‘paperclip holes’ would allow lube inside or not. I have some light machine oil, but I did see somewhere a suggestion to use mineral oil. By the way watches are also a hobby of mine too 😀.

Thank you sooo much!!! I have already searched for a teardown of the leaf twig razor and didn't find anything. I got mine 3 weeks ago and wanted to preserve it as good as possible. In my personal opinion I would fill the whole inner part with full syntetic grease as it should prevent water to get into the razor. Oil may not last as long as grease. Also a very nice ultrasonic cleaning setup. I have a 10l vevor ultrasonic cleaner for cleaning technical parts. But I am not sure if it may damage the coating. I googled around and found the information, that if the parts are zink preasure casted they should withstand corrosion pretty well. But as the shaving soap has a pH of >10 I don't know how critical it would be. So full syntetic crease should be the solution. Organic grease could react with the high pH soap and would not be as good as synthetic. Does it make sense to use threadlocker? As we are comfortable in tiny screws we can retighten them whenever it is necessary. And by not using threadlocker it would maybe help to prevent damage of the threads?

Do you know the size of the Philips screw? I had it snap and want to just replace it without dealing with support

Corrosion and signs if wear and tear and gunk buildup after two months to the point of squeeking is actually disappointing!!!

Heiko, are you actually a watch repairman?