Thread: Any advice for adjustable safety razors?

Time to go for the throat!
Schick made the model M-41 adjustable injector and Pal made one also. Google "adjustable injector razors."
Both good shavers for those who like injector types.
~Richard

I lean towards a fixed safety razor now as onceI found where I like the adjustable.... I never adjust it anymore

I've had mine for 2 years and love it. Can't beat the price for an exceptionally well made razor you can adjust. I use the crystal stainless steel platinum coated blades and get 8-10 shaves for $.16 a blade. I own a Mongoose and new OneBlade and the futur in my opinion gives a better shave. You won't be disappointed. Use very light pressure and let the razor do the work, its a heavier razor so go easy. I usually start at 2 on the first shave and drop down to 1.5 on the 2nd and 3rd.

I have an old (30+ years at least) adjustable and I still use it.

Pretty much (for me anyway) I found a setting that was comfortable and worked well for me and then never changed the setting.

I started out at about a 3 or 4 and over the years slowly wandered up to about a 7.
Now I use a straight razor and my old adjustable is held in reserve.

I like the old ones and you will probably be able to find one for a much more reasonable price on e-bay than you would have to pay for a new one.

I own a Merkur Fetur (Germany) and I absolutely love it, and would reccomend it to anybody who's interested in safety razor shaving, it's nice and heavy and feels like u can control it and adjust the head to your desired shave, most people will find what they like and stick to the same shave setting every time

I set my Merkur progress where I like it and leave it, except for the times I want to use agressive techniques like "buffing". At those times, I will dial her down to #1.

I've used my old Gillette adjustable for many years and it's pretty much always been on 7.5. I need to go see if it actually moves any more .

One advantage that I can see for an adjustable would be if you are trying out different blades. If you are using Personna blades and then buy a pack of Feathers, you might want to back it off a click or two until you get the feel of the more agressive blade.

I've tried 12-15 different brands of blade and somehow had to come back to the merkur safety razor blade for my merkur fetur safety razor, they are a bit more expensive but I guess u get what you pay for


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Although I will always love my Fatboy, as probably the first razor is used, like the others I've come to use mostly fixed blade razors with aggressive exposures. I had a Futur to see what the noise was about, and it certainly can be dialed up to scary. But I found it clunky and awkward to use, and like all modern Merkurs isn't of the finest materials. The loading process is fiddly, nothing like dropping a blade into the open silo of a Fatboy or Slim and cranking the doors down.