Noticed your site and have been reading the posts for several weeks now, and thought I would “join in”.
First, a quick introduction. My name is David; I was born in 1952, which makes me 57 years old. I’ve been wet shaving since I was 13. I personally went through, and have observed others over the years go through a lot of changes when it comes to shaving. I’ve tried just about everything available to shave with including straight razors. Tried electric shavers a couple of different times over the years and was always disappointed.
You have really good moderators on this site and I can especially identify with Gordon. What he’s been advocating about the Schick single edge injectors and the original Gillette DE razors are all true, every word of it. Why do I say that? Because I’ve been there, done that, and I feel the same way that he does. If memory serves me correctly, I never recall anyone including both men that were older (Like my dad or uncles) or younger than I was at the time, complaining about the shave they got with the DE Gillette razors. I’m guessing it was probably, in part anyway, due to the blades. If it said Gillette, you just couldn’t get a bad blade. Sure, there was a learning curve with the DE, but you just learned it, and it didn’t take that long. I think that a problem that faces guys now is that there’re used to shaving with Mach 3’s, Fushions, or whatever, and are trying the same type of technique with a newly acquired DE. It just won’t work. I know because I had to relearn the technique myself! Shaving with the Schick injector? This was essentially a no brainer! To be sure, it would depend on which model you got and maybe the year it was made (Over the years, Schick made subtle changes to some of the razors) but you just couldn’t get a bad shave. At least I never did. And talk about a smooth shave! I still have several of the Schick injector razors, a couple of them are in their factory packaging, never been opened. Have the same problem that Gordon does. Getting the right blades, or at least like how they used to make them. Oh my, how things have changed!
It’s really so sad that the young guys that either have peach fuzz or real whiskers missed out on such wonderful shaving implements that I grew up with. Literally, you could walk into any grocery store, Kmart, (Didn’t have WalMart back then)drug store, liquor store, etc. and walk out with a genuine Schick or Gillette razor, complete with the original blades. The amount of money that you spent simply depended on which model of razor you purchased. Hell, sometimes they used to give away a Schick injector razor if you bought the Schick blades! You could get all of this with no muss, no fuss, and pay for it with pocket change! (A dollar was worth more back then) You never had to read the package to check and see where the product was made. (Who did that?
) If it said “Schick” or “Gillette” you were good to go. It really pis!@s me off that the mighty name of Gillette and Schick are mostly collector items now.Sorry for the long and maybe boring introduction, but I do feel better that I got that off my chest.
Smooth shaving to all,
David
