# What's the deal with these new razor blades and Your article on razor blades **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [October 11, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-new-razor-blades-and-your-article-on-razor-blades/206804 "2003-10-11T04:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![men-u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@men-u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/men-u)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-new-razor-blades-and-your-article-on-razor-blades/206804/1 "2003-10-11T04:55:25Z")
Your article from 1983 called: Are twin-blade razors better than single-blade ones? 25-Nov-1983 ## [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_183.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_183.html) Cecil - This was a great article - but it’s over 20 years old. What is your opinion now that we have mach 3’s and now four bladed razors from schick. Has razor technology advanced in 20 years or are they still all the same as far as the perception of the shaver is concerned (despite the advertising hype?) ---
**Author:** ![pufnstuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c67d28/32.png) [@pufnstuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pufnstuff)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-new-razor-blades-and-your-article-on-razor-blades/206804/2 "2003-10-16T04:40:36Z")
Let me tell you about Cecil’s comments regarding shaving… He’s exactly right. I have been shaving for twenty years, and in all that time I have been scraping my face raw… no matter what blade, shaving cream, lotion, or after shave I have used. Since I became diabetic two years ago I have almost given up on shaving… down to once a week, just to let my face heal up between shaves. After I read Cecil’s instructions on a proper shave, I decided … What could it hurt? I tried it out. Carefully following the instructions to the letter. For the first time in my life I am getting a good shave without either scraping my face bloody or getting an infection and having to wait a week for it to heal. I’ve had to shave more often, true. The technique Cecil described allows the hair to grow back quicker. But I am not needing to shave more than every three days, anyway (After two days I have what most people would call five o’ clock shadow) I would recommend this article to anyone with sensitive skin Thank You, Cecil, Not just for pushing back the boundaries of Ignorance, but for making my life a little easier as well. ---
**Author:** ![pufnstuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c67d28/32.png) [@pufnstuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pufnstuff)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-new-razor-blades-and-your-article-on-razor-blades/206804/3 "2003-10-16T04:47:59Z")
Oops. Didn;t realize you were talking about a completely different shaving issue. The article on Shaving technique is: [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mshave.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mshave.html) ---
**Author:** ![men-u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@men-u](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/men-u)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-new-razor-blades-and-your-article-on-razor-blades/206804/4 "2003-10-16T08:01:55Z")
Hi - I agree - the article on shaving is fantastic - in fact the best I’ve seen! Shaving can be like minor surgery - it takes off up to 2 layers of skin - and with the attendant nicks and cuts…In the article, [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mshave.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mshave.html) there is a reference to another article about razor blades written 20 years ago. I wonder if Cecil’s thinking has changed on the blade issue??? ---
**Author:** ![jimpeel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@jimpeel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimpeel)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-new-razor-blades-and-your-article-on-razor-blades/206804/5 "2003-10-20T05:46:43Z")
From the column: > [@](#): > > (Ah, for the days when you could buy a razor blade or a bookshelf without having to get some cockamamy “system” along with it.) They give you the free razor as a “hook”. You then have to buy the blades, that’s the catch. They do the same thing with free cameras. You then have to buy the film and processing. > [@](#): > > (… Big problem for the twin blades: they got clogged up with gunk pretty fast.) One manufacturer eventually put a pushbutton on their razors that pushed a thin plastic cleaning blade between the two cutting blades to push the gunk out so it could rinse away. I use a standard injector razor but the blades are getting harder to find. I looked on the 'net and found several sites that sell injector blades still – including Personna. [http://www.shavesite.com/personna.htm](http://www.shavesite.com/personna.htm) [http://shop.warner-lambert.com/](http://shop.warner-lambert.com/) [http://www.williamsportbarber.com/ShopSite/rblades.html](http://www.williamsportbarber.com/ShopSite/rblades.html) [http://countryjoe.bizland.com/raz-1.html](http://countryjoe.bizland.com/raz-1.html) For those who like an injector razor there’s this from the FAQ sheet from Pfizer, Shick’s parent company: > [@](#): > > Q: Is the Schick® Injector® Razor still being made? > A: Yes. Please call 1-800-SHAVERS (1-800-742-8377) for more information. ---
**Author:** ![maddoxa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@maddoxa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maddoxa)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-these-new-razor-blades-and-your-article-on-razor-blades/206804/6 "2003-10-29T21:38:28Z")
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