Ah, the Pellas. I'm familiar with them. Worth another try. Thanks.
Pellas are the self same Injector blades & plastic Magazine as Personna....Personna make them and Pella rebrand them under their own name....The two companies are closely related.....Ah, the Pellas. I'm familiar with them. Worth another try. Thanks.
You know... I heard that before I got mine and was a little apprehensive. But it's a smoothie, and my go-to razor for when I have a couple days growth.Definitely an early E2 - proceed with caution; my E2 is one of the most aggressive razors in my entire collection.
--Bob
It's hard to tell from the pictures, but that looks like an E2, which can be opened. If there is a single tab on the right side of the spring, and no tab on the left side of the spring, then you can rotate the spring to the left to open it. If there are tabs on both sides of the spring, don't try to open it.
In the first case, open the razor and drop the blade holder assembly down, then CAREFULLY put the blade in so that it is setting behind, and touching, the blade stops at either side of the holder. You can then CAREFULLY close the razor and turn the spring to the right to lock it closed. Make sure that the blade is aligned properly and is sitting behind the stops. Alternatively, you can sacrifice a blade as in the following.
In the second case, the easiest procedure is to sacrifice a blade by loading it into the razor using the injector. Then load a second blade for shaving. The first blade will probably be buggered by running over the blade stops, so just throw it away. The second blade should be good to shave with. Alternatively, you can insert something to pry the head gently open (the key on the injector, a small screwdriver, a large toothpick, etc.) by inserting it into the key opening on the right side, then CAREFULLY inserting a blade from the left side and making sure that it seats properly behind and touching the blade stops.
The safest, surest, and easiest way is to sacrifice a blade.
yup it's an E-2. one can see the"made in the usa " stamped over the pivot circles on the back. I've got one like this also. Enjoy your shaves.
Definitely an early E2 - proceed with caution; my E2 is one of the most aggressive razors in my entire collection.
--Bob
You know... I heard that before I got mine and was a little apprehensive. But it's a smoothie, and my go-to razor for when I have a couple days growth.
thanks a lot for the advice. hopefully i can suss it out without wasting too many blades!! my problem is ive never used or even seen these before, and dont even know what the blade looks like yetI have an E3 that is one of my favorite injectors, with a nice balance between aggressiveness and smoothness. I was expecting something similar with the E2, but it is much more aggressive.
After using it for the first time the alum block felt like a red hot coal. I've now gotten to where I can get a nearly irritation-free (and extremely close) shave with it, but it demands complete concentration.
I've been all over it with a magnifying glass and everything appears straight and true, and the blade locks in firmly against the stops.
I'm actually awaiting delivery on another E2 that I bought for the sole purpose of seeing if they're all this aggressive.
--Bob
ah ok, i sort of get that. ive just been and had a play tho and cant believe how easy it was with the little lever. i moved it to the left, it all fell open, i pushed a blade out with my fingernail (didnt use spring load) and placed it in blade rest. closed it up, bingo, ready to go. so thats your option 1 above yep?They were not designed to be loaded without a blade already in the razor. They were originally sold with a blank blade in the razor to facilitate loading with a new blade. If there is a blade already in the razor, then inserting a new blade automatically ejects the old blade. If there is not a blade in the razor, then the new blade drags across the blade stops and it dulls the blade. You can try shaving with that blade, but you will probably be disappointed with the shave.
thanks mate. can i just ask why that is tho? surely if the catch is there, then theyre meant to open like that? and it doesnt feel like its doing anything it shouldnt when i open it so why would it knacker it?Yeah, Stevie is correct there ...You have an early Type E that opens....Most don't open and if you inject an empty razor they tend to run along the blade sops and ruin the blade therefore another blade should be injected to replace the first one....To be honest I have a number of early Schick Injectors that open like the one you have, but I always inject a blade into the razor rather than do what you have just done because you will eventually knacker the spring doing that.....
Billy