SEptember 2025 - Still a chance for all you vintage shave fans to get off…… to blow out the Last Three Days!!
Schick E. I have always been a Schick fan. The problem I always had with selecting one more often than I do is it feels like cheating. Such easy shaves for me. No tugging, no coaxing, no abrading, no discomfort, no sharpening….why don’t I use these damn things everyday??? Still haven’t figured that out.
Schick E. One can get truly lost in the variants of the american manufactured Schick Injector from 1935-1955. There were quite a few noted and folks still fight out the subtleties and argue through the benefits to the user/shaver. Lucky me, I’m in Canada and there was a very stable design held through much of the period, even through several years of Eversharp’s injection into the business. So I stayed out of the variant haggle by ‘Buying Canadian’. Has worked for me. But I hauled out the 35-55 Schick Injectors I have and had some fun poking through.
I realized I have only one American Schick Injector which is in the early 1940s dark blue clamshell. I also realized I have never shaved with an American Injector so I figured I would give it a whirl here today in copy to Jayaruh’s choice.
I poked through the pile.
I chose the 1940’s Schick Injector Razor, a luxurious modern Thayer Badger, an early 1940’s puck of Old Spice I have been stretching out for special shaves like this, and a great tin of Yardley’s Invisible talc similar to ones from the 40’s. The talc was unopened and smelled great when I opened it a couple of years ago - it too has become a special one to use.
This razor is very good. I can see some comparison shave tests against the trusty Canuck model in my future!!
Great shave today. Why the heck don’t I at least adopt a Schick Saturday rule?? I know why - it does such a great job, my Sunday Lather Catcher razor will be very disappointed!! ☹️
Schick E. I have always been a Schick fan. The problem I always had with selecting one more often than I do is it feels like cheating. Such easy shaves for me. No tugging, no coaxing, no abrading, no discomfort, no sharpening….why don’t I use these damn things everyday??? Still haven’t figured that out.
Schick E. One can get truly lost in the variants of the american manufactured Schick Injector from 1935-1955. There were quite a few noted and folks still fight out the subtleties and argue through the benefits to the user/shaver. Lucky me, I’m in Canada and there was a very stable design held through much of the period, even through several years of Eversharp’s injection into the business. So I stayed out of the variant haggle by ‘Buying Canadian’. Has worked for me. But I hauled out the 35-55 Schick Injectors I have and had some fun poking through.
I realized I have only one American Schick Injector which is in the early 1940s dark blue clamshell. I also realized I have never shaved with an American Injector so I figured I would give it a whirl here today in copy to Jayaruh’s choice.
I poked through the pile.
I chose the 1940’s Schick Injector Razor, a luxurious modern Thayer Badger, an early 1940’s puck of Old Spice I have been stretching out for special shaves like this, and a great tin of Yardley’s Invisible talc similar to ones from the 40’s. The talc was unopened and smelled great when I opened it a couple of years ago - it too has become a special one to use.
This razor is very good. I can see some comparison shave tests against the trusty Canuck model in my future!!
Great shave today. Why the heck don’t I at least adopt a Schick Saturday rule?? I know why - it does such a great job, my Sunday Lather Catcher razor will be very disappointed!! ☹️
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