Schick Personal Touch razor discontinued

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’ve had my Personal Touch since I was 13. It’s just been discontinued. I am disgruntled.

It was just the best razor out there. It had the multiple blades and the aloe–and the reusable handle–but none of this swively-head, wires-over-the-blades NONSENSE that every other refillable razor for women seems to have, now.

Can anyone please, please point me in the direction of a satisfactory replacement? I’ve been trying to use a Schick Silk Effects and I just hate it. I can’t get a close shave at all.

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Men’s razors. They work soooo much better and never have any of that wire crap. I use the Mach 3.

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hmmmm

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I’m a big fan of Venus. The blades are expensive but they seem to last forever. No aloe strip tho.

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Don’t like Venus. Don’t like swively heads. I want to be able to control where the blade goes.

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Discontinued? :eek:

<Steriotypical Movie Scream>
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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The handle is nearly perfect for my hand: large enough so I can grip it comfortably, small enough so that I can hold it in a non-awkward position. sniff sniff

I guess I’ll have to buy up as many of the refills as I can and start hunting.

…unless perhaps a refill from another blade will fit? I’ll have to start checking in to that.

<< Manual? We’ve just been pushing buttons until it works. >>

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I second the Mach 3. Wonderful razor for women. The swively head is not uncontrollable like I had assumed.

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If you are at all interested, the Gillette Sensor 3 has an even less swively head than the Mach 3

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I just found out today that the personal touch razor was discontinued. Like you, I’ve had mine forever and love it, so of course Schick would get rid of it. I went on their web couldn’t find any info about it. I was in Walmart today and then Rite-Aid, but what I saw in their selection just looked to circusy for what I need. That was the beauty of the Person Touch - it was very basic, but did a fabulous job. I did find blades for sale through Amazon from one of their online stores called The Razor Store. Eventually I will be out of options, but at least there are still blades available through online stores until I find something else suitable or Schick comes to their senses. Good Luck in your hunt.

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Yeah, but the head is a little narrow for efficiently shaving legs.

Try the Schick Intuition.

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It’s been six years, but Sattua’s still around. Maybe she’ll come in and give us an update.

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Okay, that was weird. I totally just read the OP and didn’t realize that I WAS THE OP OMG!!!

I suffered a lot of years using a Venus razor with the most standard blades I could buy. I never liked it much. Recently though I discovered the disposable Venus razors. They give a great shave without wires or too much swively nonsense. Try 'em.

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Ya know, the replacement blades for my beloved Schick Quattro seem to be either discontinued or not carried at my store anymore, so I decided to try the disposable Venus razors. Apparently, I am slightly razor disabled because they tend to give me razor burn and not really get a very close shave. I was hoping there would be an intense discussion of some fancy new thing that will work just great for me, but no.

Upon preview, I googled and discovered that I just need to go to a different store. Apparently, Walgreens carries the Quattro blades I’m after. Stupid Publix…

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It’s no 6 year gap but this thread’s a bit zombie-flavored; I got a great deal on Schick blades that I didn’t recognize (how do you turn down 4 refills for .79??) figuring since between my husband and I we have every razor handle known to modern man, I would have one that fit these ‘Personal Touch’ refills.
HA It is to laugh. I do not.

Anyone want them? I’ll happily shove them in a puffy, prepaid SASE for you.

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Nawth Chucka, You have “personal touch” replacement blades???!!! Can I Please have them???

Where do I send the SASE? My address is P.O. Box 2684 South Padre Island, TX 78597. I will happily pay you - more than .79;)

I have had my Personal Touch for 20 years!!! I love it. I can’t believe it has lasted so long. I bought this razor in college, but now I share it with my husband and teen son. I used to buy the Personal Touch because it was inexpensive. Who knew it would last so long. Now I just can’t find a razor that I like. I could buy P.T. refills at Walmart till last year. I stocked up on the refills, but now I’ve run out:(

Thanks!
Faith B.

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Hey Faith! What’s an email address I can reach you and we’ll exchange info? (If you want to create a Gmail just for this, I won’t be offended.) I was reminded of the blades again today when I saw that Noxzema’s entered the game w/ a razor that pivots; they have a 2 blade version that looks similar to the PT. I saw them at Walgreens.

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W00T! I started a double-zombie!

Unfortunately I threw away my PT handle years ago. I guess IslaTex gets the blades.

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Thanks Nawth Chucka!!

Please contact me at bugbog@mac.com.

You made my day. But now I’m going to have to shave once a month so I don’t wear out those precious blades too fast:)

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And you have mail!
I’ve seen on here and other places there are things you can do to extend the life of blades, like wipe them dry w/ a cloth after every use and never use them on dry skin.

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Get yourself a vintage Lady Gillette safety razor. They can easily be found on eBay.

I’m a guy and I use a vintage Gillette Super Speed on face. It puts any of the disposable or cartridge razor trash you can buy today to shame. Plus blades are waaaaaay easier on the wallet.