Schick Injectors

[notary]

Hello everyone,

I don't know where to start. In reiteration my shaving odyssey is still going strong; I feel like a kid where everything is new. It is amazing, I want to try every razor, every cream, every brush, every method and every technique out there. Anyways, I will shut up and get to the point.

I have purchased several DE razors and have recently ordered a Gillette Fatboy and Red Tip, I cannot wait to shave with them when they arrive. However, I also discovered the Schick Injector and am suffering from the guilt of an adulterous husband because although I tell myself I wanna be a purist and love the DE razors, I cannot forget my Injector, which is slowly becoming my true love; I believe the shave of the Schick Injector is unparalleled in terms of closeness, aggressiveness, ease-facility of use, forgiveness and overall performance. We can all be sloppy in the morning especially when we first wake up, but the DE razor has no comprehension of this. When using the DE razor great care and caution have to be exercised to avoid slicing oneself and the slightest slip can lead to a blood gush. But I find that the Schick Injector is the perfect balance between overall performance and aggressiveness versus its propensity to draw blood. If you allow me to make a golf analogy, when using the Schick Injector I feel like a professional barber much like an amateur golfer using the clubs with the over-sized head that afford a better sweet-spot and thus make him feel like a pro.

I would love to hear the comments of all the wet shavers out there, beginners and pros alike. Am I normal, did other of you out through similar experiences. In this regard, I was wondering if anyone has some information on taking apart a Schick Injector E from the late 30s. The later models have certain features that allow them to be properly cleaned, however the E model does not. I was wondering if it can be taken apart, and if yes, provide me with some step by step instructions.

Thanks again, I look forward to your input and of course, Happy Shaving.

Regards,

Sam

 

[michiganlover]

I love Schick Injectors!! I am fond of saying, "They are so easy to use it feels like cheating". Some people are not big fans of them, because they feel a bit like using a cartridge razor.

I can always rely on my Schick to give me an effortless close, comfortable, shave.

In regards to the Type E, some of these were designed to allow the spring on the back to easily slide to the left for ease of cleaning, while in some models the spring has two nubs that hold it in place. If you have the version with the two holding nubs, you likely can't clean the head without destroying it.

 

[The Kiwi]

I love Schick Injectors!! I am fond of saying, "They are so easy to use it feels like cheating". Some people are not big fans of them, because they feel a bit like using a cartridge razor.

I can always rely on my Schick to give me an effortless close, comfortable, shave.

You've stated it backwards, actually. The Schick predates the first cartridge razor (probably a type of TracII) by 35-40 years, so the various cartridge razors "feel a lot like" shaving with a Schick Injector razor, not the other way around. I shaved with them before mastering the DE, going back to the late 1950s, when I was at Baylor University, in Waco, Texas.

In regards to the Type E, some of these were designed to allow the spring on the back to easily slide to the left for ease of cleaning, while in some models the spring has two nubs that hold it in place. If you have the version with the two holding nubs, you likely can't clean the head without destroying it.

Soak it in some alcohol / Barbicide.

Personally, I never liked the "disposable" feeling I got from my Schick Injectors, although I didn't recognize it at the time. They had too little mass, and invited carelessness, but somehow didn't cause constant injury in spite of the ease of use and excessive familiarity they engendered. It was the same thing that caused me to dislike the original Gillette TracII system (the Schick G8 I've been using weighs less than a TracII of the cartridge type (I either forgot about or never was aware of the injector-type Gillette TracII).

Eventually, I began using Gillette Slim Adjustable razors, and found the physical mass of those much more suited to my personal shaving style. By then, I had already lost or misplaced the Gem "Junior" SE Razor I'd used while first starting in high school, or I might have compared it to the DEs.

Only very recently, after mid-December of 2011, have I been retracing some of my experiments of the 50s and 60s. Using a Schick Injector is practically like cheating, they work so well, without demanding attention from the user. In that, they definitely presaged the multi-bladed monstosities that Gillette gave us after the initial two-bladed Sensors (Schick never copied those, although Personna eventually began marketing shaving cartridges for them).

I'm really curious why there are mid-priced and low-priced Atra system clones, a less sophisticated twin blade razor somewhat prone to clogging, and only a few very high dollar Sensor clones.

 

[Saltchuck]

I shaved with a Schick injector back in the 1960s and 1970s, when you could buy blades for them inexpensively in any drugstore. I still have that razor. But now I prefer DEs because of the greater availability and selection of high-quality DE blades on the market.