By Airplane Without the Fuss of "Blade" issues ended when.

[Henrik]

Just curious- I ALWAYS check in my luggage even on going short trips (yes call me a sissy)- however on the latest business trip no option was given. (An overnight stay in a different city).
-Fine i thought, never thought of it as being a biggie really.
However on the evening before I packed my stuff I realised I had no shaving gear (blades) that was going to make it. Injectors? I have a few- still a risk that the blades were being caught.

I really needed to be be well shaved for the next 36 hours so at last I was really pleased to find an 80´s Schick along with some "old school" cartridges of my late father WAY far in my shaving den. Everything went ok - including the shave. I repeat- a ok shave Darn- this hobby really need some back-ups!!

Got me curious- in general- around when in time was it getting a hassle to travel in proper manners (shaving wise by air do you reckon?

 

[cb91710]

2001

Prior to 9/11, the boxcutters the terrorists used were not banned from flight. They would have been considered to be pocket knives and/or razor blades.
IIRC, a folding pocket knife with a blade less than 4" long was okay to fly with, which covered most any commonly carried pocket knife and straight razors.

 

[Henrik]

...Any closer manufactuing dates of my father´s Schicks that I used..? I reckon they are are late 80´s or very early early 90-s no..?

 

[Foyle]

9/11 2001 pretty much made air travel in America a royal pain. I remember when one could walk right up to the gate with a loved one and see them board the plane. I'm not sure when it became more difficult for those in Europe. My guess is about the same time.

My… 2001. Has it really been so long ago? 12 years really flies by.

 

[Henrik]

2001

Prior to 9/11, the boxcutters the terrorists used were not banned from flight. They would have been considered to be pocket knives and/or razor blades.
IIRC, a folding pocket knife with a blade less than 4" long was okay to fly with, which covered most any commonly carried pocket knife and straight razors.

Thanks man. I was thinking the ban was going further back than that. Really. It´s a hassle for us old geezers these days I reckon..

 

[Foyle]

The Schick Super II will accept Gillettes Trac II cartridges. I think over in Europe they are called "G2." You might give those a try. I've found Gillette's blades to be better than Schicks.

 

[Henrik]

9/11 2001 pretty much made air travel in America a royal pain. I remember when one could walk right up to the gate with a loved one and see them board the plane. I'm not sure when it became more difficult for those in Europe. My guess is about the same time.

My… 2001. Has it really been so long ago? 12 years really flies by.

Wit
Hmm.. I guess I reckon- be prepared gentlemen. OR prepare fort the dreadful 5 0´clock shade- or just leave out and call yourself "trendy" With all your respects of course.

 

[Henrik]

The Schick Super II will accept Gillettes Trac II cartridges. I think over in Europe they are called "G2." You might give those a try. I've found Gillettes blades to be better than Schicks.

Thanks for the info!
Just for the kicks- any info on these "later Schicks"- very little information is had on the Internet really.

 

[cb91710]

...Any closer manufactuing dates of my father´s Schicks that I used..? I reckon they are are late 80´s or very early early 90-s no..?

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/300511-Schick-Super-II-1972
There's an ad from 1972.

The Super-II was a competitor for the Trac-II. Basic fixed 2-blade cartridges. By the 80s, both manufacturers had moved to the pivoting heads on the Gillette Atra (1977) and Schick Tracer.
Not far behind was the Gillette Sensor... I didn't keep track of Schick after that as I was using either Gillette or electric.

 

[jrtaster]

9/11 2001 pretty much made air travel in America a royal pain. I remember when one could walk right up to the gate with a loved one and see them board the plane. I'm not sure when it became more difficult for those in Europe. My guess is about the same time.

My… 2001. Has it really been so long ago? 12 years really flies by.

Perhaps as regards to razors/blades and such, 9/11 or thereabouts was the critical date.
However, after several violent airline hijacking incidents, European airport security measures took a definite turn toward stringency. I remember being stripped down to underwear (inside small tent-like booths) in several Swiss airports, following the hijacking of a TWA jumbo jet in the 1970's.
And carrying liquids aboard was a no-no for several Asian airlines as early as the mid-1980's. Don't remember if any specific incident triggered that restriction.
Compared to those precautions, today's hassles sometimes seem barely intrusive!

 

[one cut]

... today's hassles sometimes seem barely intrusive!

When the TSA has its hands on my privates it feels pretty intrusive to me.

 

[Beard Dregs]

gillete Psycho? the DE disposables they used in medical prep?Theatrical Security Agency, better to disarm everyone so the bad people can slaughter them like lambs.