1951: Schick Injector Razor ("Eversharp" was a small banner across the "SC" of Schick).1948: Eversharp-Schick Injector Razor (trying the hyphenated name game).1947: Eversharp Fashion Razor for women.1947: Eversharp Schick Injector Razor (Eversharp larger than Schick).In fact, the ladies Fashion razor and its cheaper cousin, the Deb, were both marketed with only the Eversharp name on the razor, although the packaging still referred to Eversharp-Schick. The name became Eversharp Schick Injector Razor, with the 'Schick Injector' part getting smaller and printed in a different font and colour that emphasized the phrase "Eversharp Razor". Over the next few years, the name in advertising and on packaging changed to reflect their ownership. Eversharp seemed to want to rename the Schick Injector Razor, perhaps because of confusion with the by then successful Schick Dry Shaver. bought out the rights to the razor, although the Magazine Repeating Razor Company continued to manufacture the razor until about 1950. Schick sold the company, one of the key patents was taken out by him in 1931, that being for the separate injector magazine with plug in key. Although the razor we now know as the Schick Injector Razor was not produced until 1935, well after Col. Schick and his major shaving inventions on our Col. Schick decided to follow the dry shave road in 1928, he sold his interest in the Magazine Repeating Razor Company to American Chain and Cable, who continued to make and develop the razor until 1945. The original Schick Repeating Razors were made for the Magazine Repeating Razor Company by the American Chain and Cable Company in 1926.
Over the years the Schick Injector Razor has been made by at least four different parent companies. Will we soon see and end to this venerable little shaving machine? A BRIEF HISTORY It seems now that the current owners of the Schick name, Pfizer Warner-Lambert, are not selling the Injector Razor in stores in North America, although they still sell them in Japan, and over the internet. This is one of the longest production runs for any model of safety razor, but likely at an end. Schick's first, will still work in today's razor. And the blades from the 1926 Magazine Repeating razor, Col. A 1935 blade injector works just fine in a 2003 Injector Razor, and vice versa. But through it all, from 1935 right into the 2000's, the basic mechanism remained the same. At longer intervals, major styling changes occurred involving both the head and handle.
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And these clues, plus packaging, allow us to date the razor with some degree of accuracy. Subtle changes and refinements occurred on a regular basis. After all, they all look just the same, don't they? "Butterscotch art deco handle and gold head".īut look again, there's more to this razor than meets the eye.
Any day on eBay you can see dozens of them for sale, and relatively few bids out, at least for the common ones.
The Schick Injector Razor is a familiar piece of shaving hardware. THE SCHICK INJECTOR RAZOR HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
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The original site can also be found using the excellent “Internet Archive Wayback Machine”: This is not my material and it does contain errors. The original site is back, but I'll keep the information here – just in case – and because I like my layout better. At some point the website was no longer available and I decided to temporarily host some of the information found there on this website. There is a great Schick Injector information website by Alan G.
Enders Speed Razor with… …modern blades.
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