Hello all Am new here and still exploring and learning about this wet shave stuff, I have been busy reading old posts and am now ready to ask questions from the more advanced users, I have already started gathering a few of these old razors and need to know what kind of blade do I get to fit a razor? I also have an old gem and a clix and was curious to know if blades are readily available for these razors? are there any razors to avoid because of blades not being available? dave
Blades for the Valet Auto-Strop are not readily available. Some people have custom trimmed some blades for them, I will let them chime in with the results. Gem/ EverReady razors use a standard Single Edge blade that has a spine on the back, it looks identical to the kind of blade one uses for scraping paint off of glass. Don't use those blades, however, they would be much too dull for shaving!! The blades you want are made by Gem, and are available in the shaving isle at Wal-Greens.
First off, Welcome to The Shave Den! A great community of guys and gals that enjoy wet shaving, I hope you enjoy your stay! Be sure to sign up for the March Newbie Give-Away for a chance to win some great shave gear! While its not required, how about you hop over to the Newbies Section and give yourself a proper introduction thread, I'm sure you'll receive many warm welcomes from the friendly folks of this community. Clix? :think002 :signs140 Hmm...Not sure what razor you are talking about here, I own several Clix brand D/E razors that just take standard D/E blades. Can you post or link to a picture? Below is a video that Dave made showing how to modify a modern S/E blade to fit and work in an Auto-Strop, pay close attention to the model of razor that he says it will fit. If it is the Auto-Strop model that has a swing open door with the words Valet on it, it will not work. Feather (yes that Feather) makes some blades with cutouts that will work in the swing open style razors, but they seem to only pop up occasionally, and I am not aware of a source to easily buy them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Bq0nLygEg
Well I guess my Valet will be for looks only as its the first kind in the video....bummer cause it was such a neat looking razor. About the Clix ez flo razor ...you say it will use a standard de blade? Thanks for all the info.
After watching this video several times and studying picture of the Valet blades I am curious as to why you cant modify a blade for the one I have to make it work?
Good news about the Clix though as I can easily find blades for that. It is like the one at the bottom of the picture.
Bummer no more. I am told, and am waiting for an order of Feather single edge blades. I'm told they fit with no modification needed. I ordered five for $4.50 from razerbladesandmore.com Sorry I'm a year late!
