Problem with Injector Blades:

**BEAR DEN** · 06-12-2009, 03:25 AM

I enjoy using Schick Injectors and have gotten some fantasic shaves from them. The recent problem is this...I can buy the blades locally very easily. They are everywhere, so I buy a few packs at store A and they are great! Then later on I go to store B, buy the same blades and they are also great! Go to store C buy couple of packs of the same and every single blade is horrible! Not 1 or 2 blades but all 14. They couldn't shave peach fuzz.
Question: I know that blades can vary and I have heard of bad packs but has anyone heard of a whole batch being bad. Do these blades get heat treated and maybe something went wrong there. I'm not going to chance it at all. I'm not going to buy from store C anymore. The blades are Personna's which other than store C have been flawless for me. If I had shaved with a blade from store C for the first time I would have never shaved with an Injector again.

**Shaving Galoot** · 06-19-2009, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by BEAR DEN

I enjoy using Schick Injectors and have gotten some fantasic shaves from them. The recent problem is this...I can buy the blades locally very easily. They are everywhere, so I buy a few packs at store A and they are great! Then later on I go to store B, buy the same blades and they are also great! Go to store C buy couple of packs of the same and every single blade is horrible! Not 1 or 2 blades but all 14. They couldn't shave peach fuzz.
Question: I know that blades can vary and I have heard of bad packs but has anyone heard of a whole batch being bad. Do these blades get heat treated and maybe something went wrong there. I'm not going to chance it at all. I'm not going to buy from store C anymore. The blades are Personna's which other than store C have been flawless for me. If I had shaved with a blade from store C for the first time I would have never shaved with an Injector again.

You can save yourself a lot of running around and putting up with inconsistent results by just buying them from EMS (#71990 or #71991) or Ted Pella (121-4). Many say they are identical blades. I've used the Ted Pella's and really like them.

~Jeff