I'm using plate 1. I just found injector razor blades available from South Africa. They cost me incl shipping to Zimbabwe US$15.63 (US$8.58+US$7.05 shipping), or US$0.78/blade. That's better than the US$7.50 I'm charged locally for 1 single Gillette Fusion cartridge. (Of course it gets cheaper if I order more than 1 box...)That razor looks like a good choice. I suggest you start with the solid bar base plate and decent blades such as Astra. Which plate are you using with your Supply? You might try starting with the one-dot plate if you haven't already.
As you can read from my few posts, I can honestly not say it was a good buy...I wonder, is it worth getting this razor?
I have tried SE before, the not that kind of blades
I'm not giving up yet (I guess the FaTip will only reach me in a month or so...).I'd still suggest keeping at it with the Supply Provision - sometimes, things just take a bit longer to get used to.
The current FaTips are really nice shavers, though.
Many like this razor and some just don't. That is pretty much the case with most razors. Honestly, if I were you I would find a used Schick L1 and start with that. That was my first injector and I still use it after 45 years. The Supply is a good razor, but unlike most injectors it is on the heavy side.I wonder, is it worth getting this razor?
I have tried SE before, the not that kind of blades
I think those are just Personna blades - AFAIK, Ted Pella makes those, and the packaging looks the same. They probably meant to say they're Schick injector compatible blades in the description. I could be wrong, of course, but the signs are there.I'm using plate 1. I just found injector razor blades available from South Africa. They cost me incl shipping to Zimbabwe US$15.63 (US$8.58+US$7.05 shipping), or US$0.78/blade. That's better than the US$7.50 I'm charged locally for 1 single Gillette Fusion cartridge. (Of course it gets cheaper if I order more than 1 box...)
Maybe it'll turn out to be different for you after all, but considering people get on with it just fine, you're probably overscrutinising. Like with any design, actual blade width just needs to be accounted for during a pass. To me, for example, the stops are completely insignificant in use.I'm not giving up yet (I guess the FaTip will only reach me in a month or so...).
I just tried to give it another 'local' shot (ear-cheek area as it's one of the easiest and flattest shaves). What I noticed (and to me proof that I'm not putting pressure) is the trail the Supply leaves on a freshly lathered cheek: a ±3cm stroke of shaved skin with on each side a ±2mm band of soap (the area from the blade stop to the blade edge that is 'unreachable' for the blade) and an extra ±2mm band of skin (where the blade stop removes the soap). You loose 20% of the length of the blade due to these two blade stops. Maybe I'm over-scrutinizing things here, but I consider this a fatal design flaw (just like with the original Schick Injector as per the online photos I found) and you'll have to give me a very good reason to convince me of the opposite! Can this maybe be one of the reasons why there are so few injector razors (and blade suppliers) available???
Why is it that Schick is not mentioning these blades anywhere on their website? The injector blades in the US, are they old stock? Is Schick really involved in these? I think it's very weird...I was thinking of buying these next month - their AC blades are excellent and I've heard good things about their shorter injector blades, too:
Why is it that Schick is not mentioning these blades anywhere on their website? The injector blades in the US, are they old stock? Is Schick really involved in these? I think it's very weird...
Schick Injector blades work well, as does Personna.Good night, would you have a short list of blades compatible with Supply 2.0?