Thread: Gillette adjustable: Locking the blade properly

Hi All,
It dawned on me recently that some of you may not be aware of the way almost all gillette adjustables lock the blade in place. This is kinda important, since a loose door (and resulting floppy blade) can be a nasty surprise. Hehe, I recently sold a few DE razors here, and thought this would be good to post for any future DE users.
When twisting the handle (closing the doors) after replacing a blade, you'll feel the handle sorta stop by itself. Now, there will almost always be another short turn needed to fully lock the doors. No, you won't need to force anything, but just use gentle pressure and see what happens. Actually, it's a nice feature, and almost feels like something's 'seating' well inside the razor.
The other thing to remember is try and adjust the settings when the doors are open, or near to it. I can't remember where I read that, but it's supposed to take less stress off the moving parts. Try it yourself, and you'll see it's much tougher to move the adjuster dial when the blade's locked in place.
There now............my public service announcement for the week.
Hope that helps someone,
Martin