dfrea wrote:Had my first shave with the injector yesterday morning, after sterilizing with 91% alcohol, and taking it apart (the stupid swivel thing that takes 20 minutes to put back together) to scrub it. Anyway, loaded a CVS Injector blade in it, and went to town. Wasn't impressed, seemed to drag a lot. I think I'll chalk that up to inexperience, bad technique, and using a bad Williams lather that didn't lubricate worth a damn. Tommorow, we'll give it a shot with a better lather and more time.
I have actually had two shaves with two different injectors, both with CVS Injector blades (probably Personna). The razor does drag quite a bit; its bar is ribbed to catch skin and pull it taut, so it isn't going to be as fluid as a smooth safety bar or even a comb bar.
I have both an E3 (the old style "big head" version) and a J1 (round ribbed white handle, 1950s/60s style "small head" version). The shape of the actual shaving head looks identical to me, but I find the later version to be far more comfortable to use. First off, the older head is not just brass but unlacquered brass, which irritates my skin to no end and with long contact will eventually cause it to break out and ooze. (I cannot carry keys in my pocket for this reason, nor can I wear brass-frame eyeglasses.) My personal opinion is that the later versions of the Injector are among the few instances where a design change actually improved the product.
All that being said, either I have yet to master the learning curve with shaving with one of these, or I am just more familiar with a DE, because the shave I am getting with the Injector is not nearly so clean as that of a DE. I would think they should at least be fairly equal.
Time will tell, and I love experimenting
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