8/11/2023 0 Comments Vintage injector razorI’ll have to shave more with it to get the full picture. Again, it worked fine on my face, but the neck saw it be a little stringent for my taste. That is to say, just doing a one-pass shave to maintain a “good enough” level of smoothness, or perhaps doing a safe two-pass with no daring choices on the neck. My sense is that, if you were using this like I used to use a cartridge razor, it would do fine. I would say it was similar to some of my mildest double edge razors in that arena, but with a bit more sense of “bite” on my neck than I’m used to getting from an otherwise mild shave. I would say the end result of the shave was good, not great in terms of closeness. Not serious razor burn or cuts, but a bit of irritation. Although I was using a light touch, it gave me some irritation on my neck, in the old familiar trouble spots. I found that it was very comfortable on my face, but not quite so much on my neck. The light weight and small dimensions of the razor make it maneuverable. It isn’t difficult to grasp the correct angle. The first shave indicated to me that this is a fairly simple shaving tool to understand. Still a modest investment for being able to try what was the primary competition to Gillette in the shaving world for decades. This version of the Injector dates from 1955 to 1958, if my research is correct.Īn amusing element of the whole thing is that I had to purchase some blades, seven of which cost more than the razors themselves. After cleaning and polishing, they are both looking good, with limited obvious wear for such old razors. One was marked “Schick”, the other “Eversharp Schick”. White composite handles and gold hardware on the head. One looked pretty rough, while the other was well preserved. I can’t remember exactly where, but I was able to find two Type “I” Injectors for five dollars. The razor(s) that I picked up were actually from a little antique shop in Maine, purchased when I was on vacation. Of course, it is they who were likely modeled after the Schick, as it long predates them. Similar blade angle to something like a TRAC-Two or an old BIC. Small, thin head to easily fit into the trouble spots on your face. Essentially, it looks a lot like a very thin version of the cartridge razor that would eventually come out. The end result of Schick’s invention is a razor that has a head that may be strangely familiar. I’ll include a picture of it in the article. This was pushed into a sprung-mechanism blade carrier from a “blade bank”. Schick, instead, went with a small blade built of relatively thick stock. GEM went with the large single blade, of the same shape as a window scraper. In that time, other manufacturers that wanted to produce something to compete had to radically diverge from the Gillette formula. There was a long era when Gillette controlled the patent to a double edge, replaceable blade razor. He set about creating one, and the Injector was born. Impressed by the idea of magazine-loaded firearms, he decided that a razor could benefit from this method of blade loading. The Injector was born out of an idea that Colonel Schick got while in the military. One thing I hadn’t tried was an Injector. They were pretty good, but rusted faster than modern blades, so I didn't get as many shaves with them.Of the various wet shaving tools that exist, I’ve tried many of them. I used up one package of vintage Pal injector blades. From comments I've seen by other people, there was a lot of QC variance on these, so your experience with one might be much different. The adjustables are both pretty mild, even on the top setting, and one of them more than the other. It was okay, and I may give it another try some time. The Injectomatic didn't really stand out for me in any way. Lower right is a Personna injector and the other razor is a Gillette injector. The two on the left are the Pal adjustables. It has the distinction of being my cheapest injector, got it for $4.58 including shipping. In the photo below, the razor on the upper right is a Pal Injectomatic. It's been brought to my attention that in the text below, right is used to mean left, and left is used to mean right.
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