Vintage injector blades

[Areler67]

Hello everybody
i've got a question :
There is some vintage injector blades on Ebay and I'm wondering if the sharpness still the same after all those years (From what I've seen those blades are from around 1950-1970) and if shaving with vintage blades is confortable enought?
Thanks

[jbc]

I believe that you are looking at the question a bit wrong. The sharpness of a razor depends on the blade within the razor not the razor itself. I use a vintage Merkur razor with a stainless steel double edged blade and let me tell you it is sharper than most cartridge razors are. If one continues to change the blades every five to six days, average, then the answer to your question is yes they are every bit as sharp as the caretidge razors are and frequently much sharper.

Why then would one want to use a vintage razor, as I do, rather than a modern cartridge razor. Here is the answer in my humble oppionion (please feel free to disagree):

1) Double Edged (DE) razors tend to yield a closer shave then is possible with a modern cartridge razor. Catridge razors are ment for an average face, and what in the world is an average face.

2) DE blades are far cheaper then cartridge blades are. I recently priced a Sensor Excell cartridges at CVS at $1.99 each while Fusion blades at $3.65 each. I have picked up excellent quality DE blades from CVS for .50 per blade. The reason for this is two fold:

a) Gilette and Shick (owned by Proctor and Gamble and Pfizer) do not feel that you are paying enough.
b) Catridge razors have the highest demand and therefore the highest cost of all.

3) DE blades are much easier to come by. What would happen if you are traveling in the middle of nowhere and need to buy some blades. DE baldes are common place and its highly unlikely that any drugstore you come across would not have a few packs. Even if this does not work, DEs tend to dominate among seniors, find the nearest group for seniors and the local store will most likely have them.

4) Because of there shape, DEs tend to travel better than catridge razors do. DEs are square or rectuangular in shape and have nothing to break off in transit. When I traveled with my catridge razors then heads tended to break off if the bags were handled in a rough manner.

[fuerein]

jbc, I believe he is looking at vintage injector blades, not vintage injector razors.

As such, it can depend. I am not certain what 1950-1970 era injector blades were made out of, especially the earlier in that time frame you go. If they were carbon steel like many of the vintage DE blades then most people would say to forgo using them because they likely are over-oxidized and the edge is ruined. If they are stainless like most modern blades then they may still be decent depending on how they were packed and the likelyhood that again oxidation has affected the cutting edge of the blade. Personally I wouldn't use them, though some people have claimed to have success with vintage stainless DE blades.

[Areler67]

Fuerein you're totally right my question was about blades and not razors (of course)

[jbc]

Wne back and re-read the question. My appologies I read the question wrong and answered a question that was not asked.

[Suzuki]

I bought a lot that contained over 100 NOS blades - all of the ones I've shaved with were absolutely fine.

I'm not sure how old my blades are, but the're likely at least from the 1970's - early 1980's at the latest.

I've not had a bad blade yet.

However, a lot depends on how the blades were stored - but the injector blades I've got all have a light coat of oil on them and that seems to have done the trick.