Micromatic Monday

[Old Sarge]

Thanks for the super explanation and information, GAW9576! Your pictures are excellent! (thumbs up emoji here!)

I've never paid that close attention to the underside of the Micromatic cap and really never noticed that those 2 tabs appear to actually slide into the notches of a Gem SE blade and further secure it against the blade stops. Is that a correct interpretation? I went and grabbed the MMOC and a Gem blade and played with it a bit. Although I've never even touched an injector blade and don't know what the difference is between a regular injector blade and a twinjector blade, I can imagine seeing one now in the bottom half of the Gem blade!

Those are some pretty tight tolerances with the injector blade just barely being wide enough to stay in contact with both the tabs on the cap and the blade stops. I guess if you've gone through the steps of loading one enough and successfully shaved a few times, you'd feel confident that the blade isn't going anywhere.

Thanks for the feedback on the FW vs. G-bar. I guess they are some of the least sexiest of SE razors so if you've got a shelf of awesome to select from...the utilitarian razor will get overlooked!

A twinjector is two injector blades stacked with a thin shim between them. They are permanently fixed together at the factory. The bottom blade is set slightly forward of the top blade as far as I can tell. Think of a twin blade unmentionable.
I actually really like the look of the Gbar and the weight is nice. I just like the shave from the 1st Gen FW better and I really like the looks of the 1st Gen FW deluxe. Mine is a user grade with a fair bit of the gold wash missing. I will eventually get one in prestine condition. There are very few razors I feel the need to do that with if that tells you anything.

Thanks for the twinjector explanation. Did some quick googling and saw a Telly Savalas ad for Gillette Twinjector Blades with him saying, "A cut here...a cut there. Not for me, baby." So this is mimicking a two-bladed cartridge razor I guess.

I've only shave a couple of times with the FW. I didn't have such a good experience the first time, but it got better. I'm not yet totally comfortable with the squared off ends at the corner of the guard. Kind of pointy. I just need to get more experience with it.