Injector & SE Party !!!

Thank you Hoosier Trooper for the photo and info. My adjustable does not have that black tab, so it's not a protector. It gave a great shave this morning. I couldn't tell a lot of difference in the adjustments from 1 to 6. I also did some clean up with a GEM Junior.

I pushed the first blade out with another blade, which went in easy, but the head/lips do do this ripple effect until the blade is all the way in I remove the key. Maybe that's the way all injector razor act and I hadn't noticed.

I was injecting a Personna 74 to push out the Schick blade, so I could take photos of what was happening. The razor is not doing the ripple thing anymore.

 

I already own a Schick G1 that I've had for several weeks. Monday, I received my new E1 Schick so I thought I'd quickly share my thoughts. First I'd like to thank Johnny and Nick W. for getting me interested in injectors and second, I'd like to thank Jody for helping educate me on the differences of the various Schicks. Also, thanks to Lloyd for getting this party started.

I love my G1 and it gives a great shave always and is very smooth, but there are times I'd like a little more aggression. So, I picked up the E1, which I read from many is more aggressive than the G1. My shave tonight proved that. The E1 hit the sweet spot and I couldn't be happier. I shaved with vintage Williams soap and the razor handles and glides so well, sometimes I forget I'm shaving.

I've posted a few pics. below to help illustrate the differences in the safety bars of each razor. The E1 is on the left while the G1 is on the right. You can see that the G1's safety bar is wider than the E1's, putting more space between your skin and the blade. The E1's blade is closer to the edge of bar giving a closer shave.




I'll be using both razors regularly depending on my mood. I'm very thankful I have a choice now.

Here's my shave setup tonight:

 

Congratulations Randy...looks like you've become a real Schick Man.....Cool....Welcome to the world of Injectors....I hope you Enjoy for many years to come...

 

Thanks for the info, Randy. I love my G1 as well but have been ebaying to get an E to try for closer shaves.

 

Glad to see that G type's a good fit for you. If you want a closer shave, how bout cranking the adjustable way up and seeing how that works. The high setting combined with the Personna74 blade should maybe do the trick.

Oh, I just looked back in the thread and you mention not noticing much of a difference with the adjuster. That sorta surprising, since the ones I've used are kinda similar to a DE in that regard.

Martin

 

I'll try that, Martin. I couldn't tell a difference between 1 and 6 and that makes me worry the razor screw isn't doing it's thing. I will try 8 tomorrow and see.

 

Oh, and if you do, be sure to lather well! Real Well!

 

My Injector Type E is definitely still in my rotation. I typically use mine as my travel razor these days due to its super compact size, lightness and ease of blade switching. But I will on occasion break it out just for fun too. It's a great little razor!

 

Deffo fine thread My Man Lloyd started here.

Gary suggested I cross link THIS thread, so I am...

I really should revisit my injectors more often, but I am so hung up on my R-41!

 

I cranked it to 8 and the shave still felt the same as all the other adjustments. I got a great lather from TSD shave cream mixed with a little swirl of Tabac soap.

 

Gents, another great SE is up for PIF, all it takes is a picture to be in the running.

A British Ever-Ready 1912 is up for grabs:
http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/the-down-side-up-pif.27668/#post-479964

 

Dear Injector and SE Party Animals,

I started a post on March 1, 2012, about a problem I was having with the dial calibration of my Pal Injector Adjustable Razor. It turned out to be a very informative thread, thanks to some help from Themba and several others. It was suggested I should post it on your injector and SE party thread, so here it is:

http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/pal-injector-adjustable-razor.27539/

Hope you find it interesting and useful.

Shave7

 

I received 5 SE razors in the mail today. ( 1) GEM Featherweight in box with NOS 2-sided Reversible blades (2) Schick E-type with Bakelite handle and injector(blades look good) in case with instructions"Dont be afraid to 'bear down' with this razor." It goes on to talk about the problems with the teeth of an open comb razor nicking bumps. Comes with 20 Year Guarantee. The price at the time was $1.00. (3) Schick I-type (4) Schick G4 (Schick 66) with blued handle and gold colored injector with good blades. (5) Enders Speed razor with some loose blades in the case that have rust spots.

I am going to try the injector blades as they look clean. I was thinking of cleaning the Enders blades if someone has a good method. Will steel wool do or MAAS polish or WD-40? Can I try a shave with them?

I love the idea of the reversible blade in the GEM featherweight.

Also, this morning I shaved with a GEM 1912 and found it to be my favorite razor, DE or SE. Close to BBS and loud.​

 

How would the teeth of an OC razor nick bumps? Granted, I'm still new to this stuff, so I certainly don't know everything, but I have shaved with 4-5 different OCs now and haven't come anywhere close to nicking myself with one of the teeth. Blade, sure. Teeth? I don't see it.

So far, my favorite standard SE is my G-bar, with my 1912 Damaskeene not far behind. Among my injectors (E3, G4, J3), I think I prefer my G4, but the others aren't far behind at all.

- Mark

 

Yeah, that's why I mentioned the deal about the teeth. It made no sense.

Here's the full quote: "The razor you have been using probably had combing "teeth" which grooved the skin, causing tiny bumps between each tooth which the blade nicked. The Schick Injector Razor, instead, has a solid Guide Bar which smooths and flattens the skin. It also has a slight "tread" which stretches the skin taut ahead of the blade ---pulling tiny wrinkles and bumps out of the way of the blade edge."

 

Interesting that they would do that, considering that the Type E had an ancestor that was a full open comb -- the C1.

http://renaldo.us/SchickRazors.html

- Mark

 

Yes, indeed. That's advertising for you! They have to give reasons for making changes, I guess.

 

The assertion that skin passing between the teeth of an OC razor is pushed up precariously close to the blade might, I suppose, be valid if excessive pressure were being applied. However, I have noticed that any pre-existing bump in the skin (pimple or similar blemish) that happens to pass between OC teeth is more likely to be sliced than if it lands directly under the tooth. A full safety bar is a useful device for offsetting that risk. I wouldn't dismiss this advertising blurb as pure hype.

 

Yeah at the time this razor first came out, all the Gillettes were open combs and I guess Schick was going for the 'flat safety bar' will allow you to use a little pressure and get away with it...Remember, back then alot of cats only made 1 pass. So using a little pressure was common practice. And in 1940 Gillette in the U.S.; where Schick's presence was starting to dominate; switched to the Solid Guard Bar system. I thought it was to save money but after reading this....hummm

 

The OC originated in the various guards devised for straight razors prior to the advent of the safety razor in the present sense. Since straights are not just used for facial shaving but for trimming hair as well, a solid safety bar would reduce the general utility of such implements. That's not the case with a safety razor and, as demonstrably occurred, the solid bar gradually came into extensive use. There was good reason for it, fully consistent with the purpose of making shaving even safer, even if it might also have reduced production costs. (In fact, the very first straight razor guard was a solid bar but it was immediately supplanted by a long series of comb-based alternatives.)