3/30/2023 0 Comments Schick multi blade modelSome sweeping with my fingers managed to get most of it out. Upon inspecting the blades there was still some debris in left in between, but none underneath, the blades. I could see some "lines" of hair coming out from in between the bladesand floating around in the water, leading me to believe that it was mostly cleared out. Running under water seemed to clear most of the hair, but there were still some clingers and a bit stuck in between the blades, which required some shaking back and forth and side to side in the sink to clear it out. It cleared all growth very quickly and effectively without any tugging or pulling. The first pass, WTG, was very smooth and efficient, with no Knicks or weepers to be had. I would describe my facial hair as medium in thickness and not quite as abundant as others, but not thinning or patchy either. The underside of the blade usually clogs a bit in this razor with this much or more growth and is usually tedious to get it fully cleared out, even with dunking in water and shaking vigorously in multiple directions. To start off, I've had a few days growth, about 1/8th of an inch, to really test out the blade and its efficiency in the razor and see if it clogs in this condition. This would allow me to place in the blade blade side up and let gravity do its part in holding it in place while I reattached the head. I reverted to manually loading it by unscrewing it entirely, removing the plate and the old blade, and holding the razor so that the top of the head would just be passed parallel to the wall. In my case, the blade really didn't want to go in even at the loosest setting because of the extra added length and height touching the top part of the "clamping part" of the handle. As pointed out by BBS-1, the screw has to be loosened and the plate pulled forward in order to even attempt to load the blade. Loading in a Twin blade to replace a normal blade is not as easy or thoughtless as it might seem. The key is noticeably less flexible and more secured to the blade magazine, making it not as prone to "dip" forward when loading, with the dipping causing the blade on the Supply pack to be angled forward and unable to be loaded when not careful. The "used blade" container moves around a bit more but that is because of the means of attachment to the key and actual pack of blades, being a set of four holes secured by rasied bumps and some clamping force. The pack is entirely metal and seems a bit sturdier than the Supply pack. So my Schick II twin blades came in yesterday and this is my experience with them vs the Supply blades v1, rebranded/made by personna, in my Supply V2 with the 3 dot head. I can't speak for the 1 or 2 dot plates yet since I haven't used them but I will be trying the 2 dot plate tomorrow so I will write back after I do a pass with a single and double edge injector blade. It is in the same ball park but a little bit less aggressive than the later model I2 hydro-magics, the ones that have the longer hydro-magic lever that has writing on it. Overall the 3 dot plate is up there with some of the more aggressive Schick Injectors. With that said to get those types of shaves I need to do 5 passes so anyone trying to replicate that would have to adjust the amount of passes accordingly for how they shave. Supply/Personna ptfe coated stainless steel blade was a BBS shave with a glass like finish no hint of stubble anywhere but the shave was much more aggressive with some irritation and a few small nicks. Schick II blade was a BBS shave with just a hint of stubble in troublesome area under the jawline for me. I used my Supply V2 today with a single edge blade after using a Schick II twin in it yesterday with the 3 dot plate and the difference was this for me. I find Schick II twin blades don't shave me as close as a single edge but the trade off is they are smooth as all hell with little to no irritation or cuts compared to a single edge when used in an aggressive razor. I tried it and had problems with the double edge trying ride over or the single edge getting caught between the 2 blades on the double edge Schick II blade. Trying to inject a double edge into blade with a single edge already in could be an issue though. The technique works with a single or double edge blade. Just tighten the screw up fully afterwards before using. You can inject the blade without the edges to touching the guard stops on the blade. Just make sure the screw grabs to hold the plate then pull it open with your finger. You don't even need to put in a blank before loading to not ruin the blade edge on the guard stops with this razor.
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