A couple of years ago, the owner of Classic Shaving asked me to test a new razor design they had developed, taking advantage of the Feather long injector blades normally used in disposable blade straight-razors.
Classic Shaving is a terrific company; pioneers in the rebirth of traditional shaving. They carry a huge assortment of products including artisanal razors. So, I was honored to be asked to try this new design and used the razor for a few weeks.
Unfortunately, I found it very difficult to master and extremely dangerous; it was, at least for me (YMMV), way too sharp and too wide, making shaving in tight spots a death-defying feat.
The razor was subsequently launched to the market under the Cobra brand. I have no idea if they made any adjustments to the original design to deal with the difficulties that I had. Today, the Cobra was featured in Classic Shaving’s first email newsletter, so I thought I’d attach their promotional video as well as links to my earlier reviews.
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Steve,
I’m not sure if you have ever heard of SallyeAnder Soaps, but they have an amazing shaving soap that has worked wonders for me. I use to use Gillett but I won’t any more after using this. Throwing it out there for you. It seems like you test and use a lot of different products. The one I use from SallyeAnder Soaps is called Evergreen & Spruce. Its for dry to normal skin but they have different kinds. Here is their website to check it out. http://www.sallyeander.com. I hope this product will become a staple for you. It is for me.
Tyler
Thanks I’ll check them out.
P.S. I went to their web site. It doesn’t look like they accept Canadian orders. I’ve emailed them for confirmation.
I was gifted one of these; it’s not in injector and you’re right, you have to be careful with the blade; it was designed to fit a need: the German made Schick blades were unpopular and the supply of US made blades was running low. People were buying the Feather blades, made for the Feather no strop razors, and cutting them to fit the injectors. This seemed less dangerous than that. On mine, after you insert the blade, the head won’t always close so that you can swing the lock in place; it gets jammed against the back edge and you have to play with it. It’s not a great design, but man does it destroy whiskers. I can shave off a thin beard with just this, one pass with canned foam.
Yes, I used to cut the Feather blades and use them in my Schick injectors, but it was messy and dangerous. I think I’ll give it another try, you’ve piqued my interest.