New injectors?

GreatDane · Apr 4, 2009

So, I just got a injector through a PIF, and I was doing some research on them. Found a page here that seems to say brand new ones are still available from Pfizer Warner-Lambert online. Can anyone point me towards them? My Google-fu is weak and I can't find any info.

Also, is there a guide on how they work? Like how to load the blades and all that?

_JP_ · Apr 4, 2009

I don't know of any new injectors available from the manufacturer. That web site was last updated in late 2003, so some information there may be out of date.

Here's how to load an injector - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ52zoN5acU&feature=PlayList&p=1FB35407D37CE8A2&index=5

DE7 · Apr 4, 2009

My very first razor was a Schick injector, which I have had since 1974. It sat packed away in a box for 25 years or more, then I dug it out recently. I didn't have blades for it, but I found them at my local CVS pharmacy; CVS also sells them on their Web site. These are generic store brand blades; if anyone makes name-brand injector blades, I have yet to find them.

I've been alternating between the injector and a 1970s Gillette Super Speed (also using CVS store-brand blades, although I'm awaiting shipment of the West Coast Shaving sample pack -- I'm sure my life will change for the better when I get those blades). There doesn't seem to be much interest in injector shaving as compared to DE shaving, but I think the injector gives a decent shave.

Mike

GreatDane · Apr 4, 2009

DE7 said:
These are generic store brand blades; if anyone makes name-brand injector blades, I have yet to find them.

Hey Mike, check this out. :biggrin:

mmack66 · Apr 4, 2009

around here the Chinese Schick injector blades are widely available.

GMen · Apr 4, 2009

I don't know anything about new injectors being available, I know I heard some company had some made in china, but the quality was really bad. I have one that I purchased back in 92' I like to rotate it with my Merkur 23c. It gives me DFS shaves.

DE7 · Apr 4, 2009

Thank you for the link, GreatDane. It's good to know that Schick injector blades are available. The price is right, also.

Mike

GreatDane · Apr 4, 2009

DE7 said:
Thank you for the link, GreatDane. It's good to know that Schick injector blades are available. The price is right, also.

Mike

No problem, hope they work out for you.

Topgumby · Apr 4, 2009

I've been dismayed by the quality of shaves I've been getting out of a 1942 injector loaded with Schick branded blades. The shave is suberb, and easy to perform. The small head makes moving against the grain on my neck and getting tight under the nose a snap compared with a DE.

What causes the dismay is that even though the execution and results are fantastic, the enjoyment level isn't there. The razor is an ugly duck compared to a Gillette, and it's so light that it feels whippy and cheap compared to the heft of a DE razor. I suspect the real reason it doesn't twirl my toes is that it feels damn close to using a modern cartridge razor. :blink:

The shaves are so good it's going to stay in my rotation, and since I'm a tightwad I'll probably load up on Ted Pella blades.

blackfoot · Apr 4, 2009

Topgumby said:
I've been dismayed by the quality of shaves I've been getting out of a 1942 injector loaded with Schick branded blades. The shave is suberb, and easy to perform. The small head makes moving against the grain on my neck and getting tight under the nose a snap compared with a DE.

What causes the dismay is that even though the execution and results are fantastic, the enjoyment level isn't there. The razor is an ugly duck compared to a Gillette, and it's so light that it feels whippy and cheap compared to the heft of a DE razor. I suspect the real reason it doesn't twirl my toes is that it feels damn close to using a modern cartridge razor.

The shaves are so good it's going to stay in my rotation, and since I'm a tightwad I'll probably load up on Ted Pella blades.

I feel the same way. It does do a pretty good job. It just isn't a Slim or SS.

Milkbone · Apr 5, 2009

GreatDane said:
So, I just got a injector through a PIF, and I was doing some research on them. Found a page here that seems to say brand new ones are still available from Pfizer Warner-Lambert online. Can anyone point me towards them? My Google-fu is weak and I can't find any info.

Also, is there a guide on how they work? Like how to load the blades and all that?

Yes, unfortuately that site has not been updated for awhile. It is linking the last Schick branded injector the Type "O", which was made pretty much exclusively for the Japanese market. However, even those stopped production around 2003-2004, although they still show up on the bay from time to time.

You can also still fnd NOS ( New Old Stock) Schick Injectors on the bay as well, you just have to watch and wait for a nicely priced one, as they can sometimes reach very high prices from time to time.

Hope that helps some

mmack66 · Apr 5, 2009

I don't think the quality of the newer Injectors would be anywhere close to the quality of the older models, but that is just my opinion.

Topgumby · Apr 5, 2009

Looks like the blades were scarce during WWII, also... :wink:

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