Im trying to remember my first razor brand I used. Im assuming it was one of 3, schick, gillette, bic. All i remember is it had a multiblade head and the cart flexed in the middle, i dont remember any pivot but if you pressed in the middle of the blade it would go from straight to roundish. This would have been the early 90s. I was hoping someone here could identify this razor, i know if i saw one I would recognize it.
Sorry I wont be much help in identifying this particular razor, but you may want to do a Google search and look at pics if you would recognize it. There are some decent cart razors out there, but once I switched to DE I haven't looked back. Although it can be frustrating at first to find the right razor/blade combo that works well with your skin, but once you do it is like heaven.
Alright i found it, i remember the commercial where they were shaving a basketball lol. Ill never leave DEs, was just trying to remember my first.
Yep, the Tracer. I forgot using it until you reminded me. I cannot now imagine pressing so hard while shaving that you would bend even a flexible cart, but there it is.
The shaving of the basketball is why I started using the Tracer. I still have the handle and a cart, although I have not used it in years. I suppose if I were to go back to carts it would be the Tracer.
I dont remember it being bad, but i was a teenager so anything would have worked, i do remember having to switch to a mach 3 because the handle broke and i couldnt find a new one, but still had blades. I hated the mach 3 and used to look for another tracer in any store i went. After awhile and some time I switched to a fusion and then a disposable bic metal until i found my way to DEs.
The Tracer was replaced by the Tracer FX/FX and FX Diamond. Both disappeared in the early noughties. The release of the similar but not compatible Xtreme 3 in around 2003, probably killed it. The Protector was also released into Schick markets. They lasted longer than the Slim Twin/Advantage.