1924's Annoying Blade Side Tabs

[Cicatero]

For those without a 1924, these are what I'm referring to:




As this design pre-dated the side notched Micromatic blades, the tabs did a good job holding the old style, non-notched blades in place and aligned with the edge hooks before closing the lid.




But since almost everyone uses modern Micromatic side-notched blades, the tabs sort of align with the tabs and don't really hold the blades aligned and just get in the way when loading blades:





My question is: What in the heck are they good for now and is there any reason not to cut them off with me trusty Dremel? ​ Arrgh


As far as I can tell, once the lid is closed, the butterfly? spring in the lid both pushes the blade into the edge hooks and holds the spine of the blade down against the frame.




I think that without the tabs being there, I could just line up the blade edge in their hooks and snap the cover shut without the clumsy fiddling around I endure now.

If any of youse guys see any problem with this proposed operation please tell me.

Thanks

 

[willyb]

I see your frustration and raise you one pounding of the fist. In other words, I concur.....no point to keeping them.
In all honesty though I wouldnt go grinding up something as wonderful as an old ER 24.
oh heck, grind it, they are cheap and plentiful

 

[MacDaddy]

I dunno... They don't get in my way all that much at all, and even though they're close to lined up with the notches on the blade, they do at least keep the blade from flying out when you flip the lid open. At least mine do for me. I know other folks have said they have the flying blade problem anyway.

I'd imagine that if you cut them off you'd really have blades going flying.

 

[ShavinBacon]

I agree with MacDaddy. I don't like them on mine but I don't want to destroy my minty one just for a minor inconvenience. I suppose if you have a beater, it would be ok. I just put up with it.

 

[brianw]

Small price to pay for a great shave IMHO

 

[Cicatero]

I agree with MacDaddy. I don't like them on mine but I don't want to destroy my minty one just for a minor inconvenience. I suppose if you have a beater, it would be ok. I just put up with it.

I agree, if mine was in mint or excellent condition I'd refrain from modding it, but I only spent around $10 for it and it does have a spot of plate-loss on the back of the lid, so it's not a collector's piece.