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Post by michaeld on Dec 1, 2014 3:17:04 GMT -6
Just the other day, a very nice person (on another board) sent me some Personna 74 injector blades. Rumor has it that these were the best blade ever made and are highly sought after.
Right now I use the current Personna blades and enjoy them. I get 6-8 nice shaves from them. I have tried the "Chicks" and get about 10-12 shaves from them.
Has anyone used these blades? How would they compare to what I'm using now? What can I expect from them?
Thanks in advance and enjoy those shaves.
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Post by coolbus18 on Dec 1, 2014 9:39:47 GMT -6
Good mornin' Michael,
I am on my 28th shave with a 74.This is my favorite blade followed closely by Schick made in Holland and Eversharp made in Holland.. Great gift you got. Even Personna mentions the 74's on their site in the history section. To me they're worth their weight in diamonds. They were made for a few short years in the early 1970's. Enjoy your treasure.
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Post by HoosierTrooper on Dec 1, 2014 19:04:43 GMT -6
Yeah, I've used them and they are pretty much the best injector blade ever made.
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Post by birdlives on Dec 2, 2014 4:17:17 GMT -6
Yep, these cats are pretty much, "spot on" about the 74's...and now for that famous story I've told again and again about how I met my first 74.....but hey....you asked for it...
It was the early 70's and I swung by my Dad's place for breakfast, after having been out all night....I had played music and hung out til the sun was up and sometimes I'd grab a breakfest hang with my Mom and Dad like this morning...You must remember at this time, my Pop's house was a Schick Injector House....and if we needed and emergency blade refill and the 7-11 was out of Schicks it was considered a drag to have to cop a dispenser of Personnas, but one did what one had to do...
So during our conversation my Pop says that he had to grab a pack of Personnas the other night and something was different....He said "I don't know whats happened but Personnas gotten really good...So I'm thinking my Pop is never wrong, his opinions are gold to me so I want to try these new Personnas. He said they're the ones that say 'tungsten'...Now I said, wait a minute. We had both seen the TV commercials about them and had written them off as an ad campaign just spinning the new "Space Age" words....No way could they be better than Schicks Plus Plats....Well Pop says, "Check it out"
An already long story short....Grabbed a pack at Dads 7-11... Went home....Shaved...One of those "Best shaves of your life, followed by several weeks worth of similar shaves on the same blade....Little did we know, we had discovered a blade that would become historically important!
Great gift you got there...Congratulations....The Personna 74 Injector blades are one of life's special joys.....Use them to spoil yourself when you've been good....lol.....
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Post by michaeld on Dec 2, 2014 12:37:34 GMT -6
Thanks for the info folks. Going to start using one tomorrow in my "Grip" injector. Why the "Grip"? Cuz I really like it and it was the one I made my injector break thru with.
BTW, believe it or not, I found another pack of 74's in a local antique shop and pounced all over them.
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Post by xxvaleria on Dec 12, 2014 15:38:03 GMT -6
I currently have 49 shaves on one Personna 74 blade, and it is still serviceable (I do have to add a fourth pass for a BBS). If you have a seven-blade dispenser, and you shave every day, then you have a whole year of shaves in your dispenser.
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Post by birdlives on Dec 13, 2014 2:28:59 GMT -6
Thanks for the info folks. Going to start using one tomorrow in my "Grip" injector. Why the "Grip"? Cuz I really like it and it was the one I made my injector break thru with. BTW, believe it or not, I found another pack of 74's in a local antique shop and pounced all over them. Get out of town....Congratulations 'md'....I never thought why the Grip?.....Grips are great shavers...You pick a cool razor to make your "breakthrough" with...};^)
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