Injector -- How do you load this crazy thing?

[strat1117]

So, I finally got around to getting myself an Injector, took one look at it and realized "We are not in Kansas anymore!"

I Googled around a bit, and found yet another Mantic59 masterpiece that I haven't seen here before:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ52zoN5acU[/youtube]

 

[gollum83]

Razor porn at it's finest.

So you aren't actually having trouble loading an injector, are you?

 

[strat1117]

Razor porn at it's finest.

So you aren't actually having trouble loading an injector, are you?

First looking at it,
I didn't know what to do,
it seemed so foreign.

But, having found Mantic's video, I'm fairly confident I'll be able to get it done.

I have to go buy some blades (any recommendations?), but if I have any problems I'll PM you. Thanks.

{Yes, I posted just to put up the video. }

 

[kingfisher]

First looking at it,
I didn't know what to do,
it seemed so foreign.

did you seriously just slip a haiku into your post?


Go to www.drugstore.com and by the Schick-braded blades they sell there. These are the best blades available for the injector.

 

[gollum83]

did you seriously just slip a haiku into your post?


Go to www.drugstore.com and by the Schick-braded blades they sell there. These are the best blades available for the injector.

+1 The Schick-branded blades are probably your best bet, but I have had good luck with Personnas too.

 

[garyg]

Nice, I guess I learned that in the 60's, but thinking about it, you're right it isn't just intuitive .. Neil send me your address & Ill post a cartridge (late payment for the end caps you sent me) or try the chain drugstore types, I think they all come from one factory ..

 

[mkevenson]

I was so into the movie that I ran out to get the pop-corn.

GREAT!!!!!!

 

[hypo_style]

I really like the EMS blades. The Schick blades that you can buy at drugstores are not nearly as smooth, it seems to me.

I hear that the NOS Personna 74 blades are the best. I would like to try them, if I could find some.

 

[amishmotorboat]

LOL!

usually, I hear razor porn and I just think nice pictures to drool over.
that vid was so funny! the porn music! the action! lol!

 

[strat1117]

did you seriously just slip a haiku into your post?

As always, a gold star for paying attention.

Go to www.drugstore.com and by the Schick-braded blades they sell there. These are the best blades available for the injector.

I think those are the ones I just bought -- made in Germany?

I was a little surprised at the price (about $6 for 7 blades). How many shaves do you get with them vs. a DE blade?

Nice, I guess I learned that in the 60's, but thinking about it, you're right it isn't just intuitive .. Neil send me your address & Ill post a cartridge (late payment for the end caps you sent me) or try the chain drugstore types, I think they all come from one factory ..

Thanks for the offer Gary, but it probably wouldn't be worth the postage to mail them. You are a true gentleman.

 

[FLTiger]

I think those are the ones I just bought -- made in Germany?

China. The listing is old.

I was a little surprised at the price (about $6 for 7 blades). How many shaves do you get with them vs. a DE blade?

I get roughly seven shaves out of them, but I wear a mustache and goatee.

 

[gollum83]

I get roughly seven shaves out of them, but I wear a mustache and goatee.

That's about my average too, doesn't seem to differ if I'm wearing a goatee or not.

 

[strat1117]

China. The listing is old.

The ones I got say "Made in Germany" on the package.

I get roughly seven shaves out of them, but I wear a mustache and goatee.

That's about my average too, doesn't seem to differ if I'm wearing a goatee or not.

Do you also get seven out of a DE blade, or do these seem to last longer (I get 3 or 4 tops from a DE)?

 

[gollum83]

I get about three, maybe four shaves from a DE blade normally and about a week out of SE blades.

 

[garyg]

I get less out of the SE than say a Feather DE, but the use is different, I use the DE more often. I can get 5 of a Feather, usually the SE gets 4 uses over 2 weeks

 

[strat1117]

I get about three, maybe four shaves from a DE blade normally and about a week out of SE blades.

I get less out of the SE than say a Feather DE, but the use is different, I use the DE more often. I can get 5 of a Feather, usually the SE gets 4 uses over 2 weeks

= use it for a week and then chuck it in the garbage.

 

[FLTiger]

The ones I got say "Made in Germany" on the package.

Interesting. I've ordered Injector blades twice from drugstore.com and got the China-made blades each time.

 

[johnmrson]

That video gives me a chuckle everytime I see it.

 

[tom myers]

If anyone else is old enough to remember the Eversharp Schick commercials, their mantra was "Push-Pull, Click-Click; change blades that quick".

It really was quite simple, although I know some of the injector cartridges that you may get nowadays don't seem to line up quite as well as they should. I never found that to be a problem back when they were popular.

Actually I used an injector for quite awhile back in the 50's. The "Type I" Hydro-Magic is my favorite of the models that I have tried.

Regards,
Tom

 

[auk1124]

I have no idea who makes them but my local Rite Aid drugstore carries injector blades, 7 bucks for 15 or 16 blades, that are doing me good. Definitely worth trying if you have a Rite Aid nearby.