Best Injector Blades?

[Maestro9]

I bought an injector on e bay and loaded it with store brand injector blades from rite aid.

The shave, in comparison to my standard shave of Merkur HD with Astra Superior blade, felt sharper and closer, a tad rougher but with less red bumps.

I know there are injector blades by schick and personna. I also know people try cutting down feather pro guard blades and using them. I tried that and couldn't get it to work.

So those of you who use injectors, what are your favorite blades to load it with? This gave me a REALLY close shave, need more mileage to determine if better than the HD...

[82R100]

I think it's a big question mark.

Chances are the Rite Aid blades you tried are made by ASR (Personna). There's a prevailing opinion that the blades sold by Ted Pella and EMS are made by them, too, and this makes sense. The tooling has to be expensive for a specific format like that.

Where does one get Schick branded blades?

- Chris

P.S. - Just finished shave #6 on an EMS injector blade and it still feels fine!

[blackfoot]

I've been wondering about this, myself.

[taffy]

Where does one get Schick branded blades?



I get mine from here
www.barbershopclassics.nl

[82R100]

If it's from this listing (http://www.winkelplein.nu/barbershopsuply/default.asp?page=detail&Id=433706&sid=w1CRGi1M7uFXzVwhzpPrdwETB2ndE7), it appears to be Personna.

[TheBigL]

I think it's a big question mark.

Chances are the Rite Aid blades you tried are made by ASR (Personna). There's a prevailing opinion that the blades sold by Ted Pella and EMS are made by them, too, and this makes sense. The tooling has to be expensive for a specific format like that.

Where does one get Schick branded blades?


Some of my local grocery stores sell Schick brand injector blades and store brand (ASR) as well.

[gollum83]

I believe the only options for injector blades nowadays are the Schick and ASR blades. Personally, I haven't tried the Schicks yet, but the ASRs work really work for me.

[michiganlover]

Where does one get Schick branded blades?

- Chris

Try here:

http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=27404&catid=89896

[taffy]

If it's from this listing (http://www.winkelplein.nu/barbershopsuply/default.asp?page=detail&Id=433706&sid=w1CRGi1M7uFXzVwhzpPrdwETB2ndE7), it appears to be Personna.

http://www.winkelplein.nu/barbershopsuply/default.asp?page=detail&Id=505381&sid=FBd01bDjUyJifC2MuNfh32LJlGbgip

[TheBigL]

I believe the only options for injector blades nowadays are the Schick and ASR blades. Personally, I haven't tried the Schicks yet, but the ASRs work really work for me.

When I had mine, I didn't know enough about how to use it. I was too fresh from cartridges. The Schicks tore me up, but if I still had it, I'm now sure I was just using too much pressure.

I don't know the dimensions of a shaving injector blade, but I have seen scientific blades for vibrating microtomes that are injected in a similar manner. They could be the same or the blade size could be different.

[82R100]

I don't know the dimensions of a shaving injector blade, but I have seen scientific blades for vibrating microtomes that are injected in a similar manner. They could be the same or the blade size could be different.

They are the same. The EMS we refer to stands for Electron Microscopy Sciences. The blades are listed in the "Specimen Preparation and Embedding Supplies" (http://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/products/preparation/blades.aspx) section.

- Chris

[TheBigL]

They are the same. The EMS we refer to stands for Electron Microscopy Sciences. The blades are listed in the "Specimen Preparation and Embedding Supplies" (http://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/products/preparation/blades.aspx) section.

- Chris

Whoops. Apparently I passed over your first post in this thread. Yeah, what he said! :biggrin:

[blackfoot]

They are the same. The EMS we refer to stands for Electron Microscopy Sciences. The blades are listed in the "Specimen Preparation and Embedding Supplies" (http://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/products/preparation/blades.aspx) section.

- Chris

Have you used these for shaving?

[82R100]

Have you used these for shaving?

Yes. Excellent shaves for six days running now on the same blade.

[blackfoot]

Yes. Excellent shaves for six days running now on the same blade.

Looks like they are cheaper than the Schick blades. I haven't tried those either.

[82R100]

Looks like they are cheaper than the Schick blades. I haven't tried those either.

You can get them for $10.95/20 blade cartridge from this guy on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/EMS-Schick-Type-Injector-Razor-Blades-20-Count-1-cart_W0QQitemZ360179897386QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_De faultDomain_0?hash=item53dc65142a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14).

I bought three cartridges directly from EMS and their cheapest shipping was $7.00.

[ezeman]

The EMS blades are very good for shaving and I was able to get 40 blades for less than $12.00 delivered. You can choose the delivery cost at checkout.

[Rudy Vey]

Try here:

http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=27404&catid=89896

I picked up two packs Friday in my local Walgreen - on sale for $1.69 each!!
Too bad they had only two packs left of these. They are made in China, though not Germany as the link listed says. But they are excellent blades. I had bought a beautiful adjustable M-Type Schick, but the blades I found gave a horrible shave (these were the ones from Rite Aide) and I sold this razor, stupid me. Last Sunday I picked up an old Schick E2 for $1 at a flea market, and with these blades I found it performed excellently!!
So, check out the Walgreen stores if you can find any, the sign said they will discontinue them....:frown:

[michiganlover]

So, check out the Walgreen stores if you can find any, the sign said they will discontinue them....:frown:

Not surprising. :frown:

In these tough economic times many a store is looking at cutting back their product line, and no longer stocking items that don't move as fast as others. I would think in any given area, the number of Injector shavers is likely far less than those who use a DE.

They don't want to stock a product that they sell 1-2 of every month of so.

[kingfisher]

Try here:

http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=27404&catid=89896

These are the blades I use. Chinese made, Schick branded blades. They are really good blades and you can easily get 5 or 6 shaves out of them, maybe even more.

I've never tried the scientific ones mentioned. It's hard to imagine they could be better than these Schick-branded blades from China.

[82R100]

These are the blades I use. Chinese made, Schick branded blades. They are really good blades and you can easily get 5 or 6 shaves out of them, maybe even more.

I've never tried the scientific ones mentioned. It's hard to imagine they could be better than these Schick-branded blades from China.

But they can be a lot less expensive.

[kingfisher]

But they can be a lot less expensive.

I hear ya. I may pick up a pack of 'em from that guy on e-bay and check them out. Thanks for the link.

[rsp1202]

The Schick injector blades from drugstore.com are German-made. The Chinese-made Schicks (Chicks) are available at greatrazors.com and hocks.com.

[82R100]

Had to kill a few minutes at the CVS this afternoon waiting for a prescription.

They have CVS store brand injector cartridges of 11 blades for $4.99, which is quite reasonable for brick and mortar retail. For comparison's sake, they sell a 10 pack of Personna DE's for $5.99!

- Chris

[kingfisher]

The Schick injector blades from drugstore.com are German-made. The Chinese-made Schicks (Chicks) are available at greatrazors.com and hocks.com.

Oh. Well, in that case, the German-made Schick-branded blades are nice blades, and I've never tried the Chinese ones.

I have heard the CVS blades are not very good, but I have never tried them.

[BEAR DEN]

I can get the Personna ones locally very easily. I have had mostly great shaves with them. There was one pack that every blade was bad. That I believe is the exception rather then the rule, at least I hope so.

[rsp1202]

. . . the German-made Schick-branded blades are nice blades, and I've never tried the Chinese ones. . .


I've found the German blades to be rough, the Chicks smoother, and neither as sharp and smooth as the NOS American Plus Platinums. Someday I'll try the Pella's as a comparison.

[Milkbone]

Just as an FYI, on the drugstore.com ones, I know the description states "Made in Germany", but the last three batches I ordered from there were actually made in China, I don't know if it may be a temporary situation or if they have simply not updated the product description. YMMV of course :smile:

[rsp1202]

You're fortunate, then, since the last two orders I placed (the latest was two weeks ago), I received German blades. Maybe they're clearing stock, though I doubt they look that closely. I'll give them one more try one of these days.

[kingfisher]

Now I have to look to see whether the blades I got from drugstore.com are the German or the Chinese blades. They're nice blades.

I wish somebody could compare these blades with the scientific blades discussed earlier in this thread.

[Emmett]

Thanks for starting the thread, Maestro9. The Injector blades I have now are pretty rough and I've been avoiding using them. I'll have to try some of these other options.