Several years ago, I bought a Schick Injector Type O clone (from ebarbership?). It's an excellent razor. It reminds me of an "improved Type L." However, I've used it surprisingly little, as I have a tough beard and the Type O is a bit mild. The last time I used it was maybe a year ago, but loaded with a NOS Schick Twin blade the Schick Type O gave an outstanding close and comfortable shave. The tough whiskers just melted away.
I went to use the Type O this morning, and to my dismay when I inserted the key the head would not raise, and the key would only go in halfway. Apparently the head had frozen up from non-use, with maybe a little help from deposits from my hard water. I inserted a small flat-head screwdriver, and with a little wiggling the head became free, and then I was able easily insert the key and I loaded a Chinese Schick blade. The 4-pass shave was fairly close and remarkably comfortable. I like the Schick Type O Injector razor very much.
I notice there is a You Tube video showing a guy who cuts a DE blade in half, lengthwise, opens the injector head, inserts one prong of a pair of tweezers to hold the head open and then with a little finagling manually inserts the two halves carefully sandwiched and positioned. He now has an injector razor loaded with a homemade twin injector blade. A twin blade is the best (though expensive, if you can find 'em) blade for these later mild Schick injector razors. The guy made the process look astonishingly easy, and I intend to try it the next time I load a blade.
Are any of you familiar with such a homemade injector twin blade? Have you done it? And what do you think? It certainly beats the high cost of the hard-to-find NOS twin injector blades. If it works well for me, this will be the most exciting thing I've learned about shaving in a VERY long time!
I went to use the Type O this morning, and to my dismay when I inserted the key the head would not raise, and the key would only go in halfway. Apparently the head had frozen up from non-use, with maybe a little help from deposits from my hard water. I inserted a small flat-head screwdriver, and with a little wiggling the head became free, and then I was able easily insert the key and I loaded a Chinese Schick blade. The 4-pass shave was fairly close and remarkably comfortable. I like the Schick Type O Injector razor very much.
I notice there is a You Tube video showing a guy who cuts a DE blade in half, lengthwise, opens the injector head, inserts one prong of a pair of tweezers to hold the head open and then with a little finagling manually inserts the two halves carefully sandwiched and positioned. He now has an injector razor loaded with a homemade twin injector blade. A twin blade is the best (though expensive, if you can find 'em) blade for these later mild Schick injector razors. The guy made the process look astonishingly easy, and I intend to try it the next time I load a blade.
Are any of you familiar with such a homemade injector twin blade? Have you done it? And what do you think? It certainly beats the high cost of the hard-to-find NOS twin injector blades. If it works well for me, this will be the most exciting thing I've learned about shaving in a VERY long time!
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