Asylum Injector Razor

Saturday June 10, 2023
Razor: Asylum Injector Razor
Blade: Schick Krona Stainless
Brush: Unbranded Burma Shave/Boar
Soap: Mike's Natural Orange, Cedarwood and Black Pepper
AS 1: Witch Hazel
AS 2: Ethos Blood Orange SFS
Fragrance: Penhaligon's Lothair
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,678

Just the 1st Shave and a great one but not the best Injector shave I've had. I will need to try some different blades but the one I used I've had great results from with other Injector razors so it isn't a problem blade unless a dud one. I would call mine a DFS for sure but based on 1 shave the Schick Type "O" would blow this away for shave quality for me. Is the "O" as cool looking and hefty and 316L SS ? No. I'm glad I have this razor for now and will give it more shaves and try other blades next being the Yellow sChick and Proline B20 after that. Great razor at a steal of a price and I'll hold final thoughts until I have more time with it. Have a great day everyone !
https://youtu.be/ULzvTpc9MD0

As always my friend a relaxing to watch video and you always make me want coffee lol 

I have a E Barbershop Clone which I always use the Twin in it and that’s a great shaving razor but I only use it for my in shower 2 pass shave but  I never use it for an out of the shower shave so I’ll have to try it again with a fresh blade and see how it compares. I can’t speak from experience on using vintage injector blades but as far as DE vintage blades I’ve never had good luck with them and I’ve tried quite a few different ones throughout my journey so maybe using a modern Yellow or B20 you might get a closer shave so I’ll pull out the Type O and put a new blade in it and do a shave off vs the Asylum and see how that goes. I’m on 2 days growth so I’ve got enough growth to give them both a little bit of a challenge. 

Just so you know your my favorite YouTube guy as I know your not bias and tell it like you feel it 

Time for some coffee and breakfast and then a shower & shave. 

Enjoy your Saturday my friend 

I still have to do my Saturday morning shave

Thanks for the kind words Frank and I will try other blades that are modern for sure as I said. Keep in mind the Twins are actually vintage injector blades too and you love those. I have 19 or 20 shaves on mine now and still cutting. I'm thinking a shave off between the 2 also. Bottom line is it's a GREAT razor and steal at this price point

Enjoyed your video Dave in KY . I need to try Mikes. Having tried both, how does the shave compare to the Asylum AC SE? May be apples and oranges but curious on your take given you have used both. Is it milder?

Also do we know where the razor is made? As you said, “Product of the US” is an ambiguous term. I own several excellent razors made in China so it is not an issue for me, however a vendor being straight with their customers is.

If the shave is materially distinct from the Asylum AC razor, I might have to pick one up.

Thanks.

Enjoyed your video Dave in KY .  I need to try Mikes. Having tried both, how does the shave compare to thr Asylum AC SE? May be apples and oranges but curious on your take given you have used both. Is it milder?

Also do we know where the razor is made? As you said, “Product of the US” is an ambiguous term. I own several excellent razors made in China so it is not an issue for me, however a vendor being straight with their customers is.

If the shave is materially distinct from the Asylum AC razor, I might have to pick one up.

Thanks.

Yes, I would say it is apples and oranges and yes distinctly different from the AC style and more mild than it. Still a nice shave even though it's milder. Yeah product of the US is something that has changed apparently for meat products when I tried to research it. All it would pull up when I researched was with regard to meat products and why the term changed. So I don't know the reason for the wording and don't really care but do find it kind of curious. Thanks for the kind comments!

Have found that B20s are more “tuggy” than yellows.  I have about six shaves with the razor and am getting 10 hour BBS without irritation.  There is one pesky spot I’m not pushing it on, otherwise I would pay the price.  It is under my jaw, right side that I need to J stroke with a DE, I’m not bold enough with this razor to try it yet. Blades are thicker and stiffer, probably wouldn’t be forgiving in that manner. 

Waiting for my brother to try. He will get his next week. He doesn’t have the same skin issues I do. 

Saturday June 10, 2023
Razor: Asylum Injector Razor
Blade: Schick Krona Stainless
Brush: Unbranded Burma Shave/Boar
Soap: Mike's Natural Orange, Cedarwood and Black Pepper
AS 1: Witch Hazel
AS 2: Ethos Blood Orange SFS
Fragrance: Penhaligon's Lothair
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,678

Just the 1st Shave and a great one but not the best Injector shave I've had. I will need to try some different blades but the one I used I've had great results from with other Injector razors so it isn't a problem blade unless a dud one. I would call mine a DFS for sure but based on 1 shave the Schick Type "O" would blow this away for shave quality for me. Is the "O" as cool looking and hefty and 316L SS ? No. I'm glad I have this razor for now and will give it more shaves and try other blades next being the Yellow sChick and Proline B20 after that. Great razor at a steal of a price and I'll hold final thoughts until I have more time with it. Have a great day everyone !
https://youtu.be/ULzvTpc9MD0

As always my friend a relaxing to watch video and you always make me want coffee lol 

I have a E Barbershop Clone which I always use the Twin in it and that’s a great shaving razor but I only use it for my in shower 2 pass shave but  I never use it for an out of the shower shave so I’ll have to try it again with a fresh blade and see how it compares. I can’t speak from experience on using vintage injector blades but as far as DE vintage blades I’ve never had good luck with them and I’ve tried quite a few different ones throughout my journey so maybe using a modern Yellow or B20 you might get a closer shave so I’ll pull out the Type O and put a new blade in it and do a shave off vs the Asylum and see how that goes. I’m on 2 days growth so I’ve got enough growth to give them both a little bit of a challenge. 

Just so you know your my favorite YouTube guy as I know your not bias and tell it like you feel it 

Time for some coffee and breakfast and then a shower & shave. 

Enjoy your Saturday my friend 

I still have to do my Saturday morning shave

The vintage Schick Plus Platinum injector blades are the top of the heap for me. I have never tried the Personna 74s, which are known to be excellent. I remember getting great shaves with the store-branded Personna Platinums back in the day.

Sorry gents, but I have an exellent Canadian E3 in nickle with a black handle on deck for tomorrow. My Asylum will be up in the rota on Friday.

Saturday June 10, 2023
Razor: Asylum Injector Razor
Blade: Schick Krona Stainless
Brush: Unbranded Burma Shave/Boar
Soap: Mike's Natural Orange, Cedarwood and Black Pepper
AS 1: Witch Hazel
AS 2: Ethos Blood Orange SFS
Fragrance: Penhaligon's Lothair
Consecutive Daily Shaves - # 1,678

Just the 1st Shave and a great one but not the best Injector shave I've had. I will need to try some different blades but the one I used I've had great results from with other Injector razors so it isn't a problem blade unless a dud one. I would call mine a DFS for sure but based on 1 shave the Schick Type "O" would blow this away for shave quality for me. Is the "O" as cool looking and hefty and 316L SS ? No. I'm glad I have this razor for now and will give it more shaves and try other blades next being the Yellow sChick and Proline B20 after that. Great razor at a steal of a price and I'll hold final thoughts until I have more time with it. Have a great day everyone !
https://youtu.be/ULzvTpc9MD0

As always my friend a relaxing to watch video and you always make me want coffee lol 

I have a E Barbershop Clone which I always use the Twin in it and that’s a great shaving razor but I only use it for my in shower 2 pass shave but  I never use it for an out of the shower shave so I’ll have to try it again with a fresh blade and see how it compares. I can’t speak from experience on using vintage injector blades but as far as DE vintage blades I’ve never had good luck with them and I’ve tried quite a few different ones throughout my journey so maybe using a modern Yellow or B20 you might get a closer shave so I’ll pull out the Type O and put a new blade in it and do a shave off vs the Asylum and see how that goes. I’m on 2 days growth so I’ve got enough growth to give them both a little bit of a challenge. 

Just so you know your my favorite YouTube guy as I know your not bias and tell it like you feel it 

Time for some coffee and breakfast and then a shower & shave. 

Enjoy your Saturday my friend 

I still have to do my Saturday morning shave

The vintage Schick Plus Platinum injector blades are the top of the heap for me.  I have never tried the Personna 74s, which are known to be excellent.  I remember getting great shaves with the store-branded Personna Platinums back in the day.

Sorry gents, but I have an exellent Canadian E3 in nickle with a black handle on deck for tomorrow.  My Asylum will be up in the rota on Friday.

Yep, I have some and love the vintage Schick Plus Platinum injectors. Never used the 74's either.......

Ok so I did the side by side comparison between the Asylum Injector and the E Barbershop Type O Clone and it definitely didn’t go the way I thought it would which I anticipated as a very close match up but not so. So first I have to say that I’ve had my Type O Clone for a long time and I’ve always used a twin blade in it and gotten excellent results with it. In the last year because of a filled up work schedule I’ve been doing a lot of shower shaves where I use either the Clone or I’ve got a vintage Gillette Fat Handles Tech that I like.  

So about a week ago after about 50 shaves on the twins I thought let me put a new blade in it but it was weird it didn’t go in as smooth as normal and I struggled with it for a few minutes but I got it in ok . So because I’ve been trying other razors for the last couple of weeks I haven’t used  the Clone until todays match up shave off.  Well to make things even I took the twin blade out and put a Schick Yellow in it and put a new one in the Asylum also. It went in both razors easily so I thought to myself I wonder why the twin gave me a hard time last time I put one in but I didn’t dwell on it and moved on. 

So for todays shave I felt like using my Greenfresh F Base and I think I over loaded as the lather was really dense.. not a problem with my DE razors but I found that with both of these two SE’s I had to rinse them quite often throughout the entire shave. So I should have added more water and not loaded as much on the brush.  There’s definitely a weight difference and you really feel it when changing from one to the other. It wasn’t a problem but thought I’d mention it. 

Ok so like the old Shave Offs I used to do I split my face into 4 Sections as my whole right solids of my face and neck are much more difficult to shave as I’ve got some nasty cowlicks especially on my neck on my right side.  I thought I’d give that area to the Asylum and my cheeks to the Clone. Just the opposite on the other side neck to the Clone and cheeks to the Asylum.  I have a little more than 2 days growth. 

So starting on my left side with the Asylum going WTG as normal it took down a considerable amount of growth and was very smooth with just a bit of blade feel. I’ll note I had the time so I did a little bit of skin stretching but not overly aggressive.  Did my cheeks, half my chin and have above my lips ( under my nose ) So an excellent 1st pass but like I mentioned I had to stop at least 3 or 4 times to rinse the razor head. On to the left side and the Type O Clone. Again going WTG within a couple of short stroke I noticed that the razor had an unusual amount of blade feel but I attributed it to the Yellow blade maybe not being as sharp as the Twins I’m used to in the razor. With the Clone still in hand I went over to my left side to complete the WTG pass on my neck area and it was pretty much the same. At this point I’m saying to myself I’m not liking this blade in this razor. So back to the Asylum for the WTG on my most difficult area, my right side neck with its nasty cowlicks. The Asylum performed beautifully on the first past but like the Clone I had to rinse often which I won’t keep bring up but it happened through talk 3 passes.  
So rinsed and reapplied the Lather for the XTG pass. The Asylum with some skin stretching definitely took down a good amount of what was left of my growth and if this were a work shave I’d be good with a nice DFS shave. Again picked up the Clone and went eat to nose while doing my skin stretch short stroke technique and when I got to my nose the blade feel under my nose was sort of uncomfortable so at this point things just don’t seem right. Confirmed on my chin. I’m at this point ready to put the Twin back in the Clone because there was quite a bit of stubble left and that is not normal for this razor but I finished the pass and completed the rest of the XTG passes. When I rinsed and felt my face it was almost light I had done only one pass where the Clone had shaves as there was quite a bit of stubble left. I almost put the twin in but I thought no I’ve got to finish this shave. So not to go into extreme detail the Asylum performed great going ATG and the Clone seem to leave as much stubble as was there after the 2nd pass. At this point I’m just not happy with the Clone which I’ve always liked a lot for it’s smoothness and efficiency. Well I knew something was wrong besides the blade and sure enough after inspecting the razor I discovered it had the dreaded smile on the SB. Apparently when I put the Twin in it last time and it was so hard to get in from me forcing it in and moving the injector cartridge around I damaged the razor.  Im not happy as their hard to replace and I’ve enjoyed this razor for quite a few years but it’s ruined now as there’s not way to relate it. So no wonder the tremendous amount of blade feel and inability to take don my stubble. I layered up again and went over the areas where I had used the Clone with the Asylum and I ended up with a vey solid BBS shave but I’m not happy about the loss of one of my consistently good shaving  razors and my number one Shower shaver. 

So not a good test of the two razors. I will begin my search t try to replace my Clone. So I guess I’ll have to break out my vintage Schick Type M adjustable for my shower shaves. So a sad day at the den.  Not sure if you can see the smile on the Clone but trust me it’s there. I once had a DE razor that was sod t me that had a smile and it was useless so I’m familiar with the issue. 

So Dave I basically didn’t accomplish anything with todays Shave Off except I got another good shave out of the Asylum. 

Enjoy your weekend all

Ok so I did the side by side comparison between the Asylum Injector and the E Barbershop Type O Clone and it definitely didn’t go the way I thought it would which I anticipated as a very close match up but not so. So first I have to say that I’ve had my Type O Clone for a long time and I’ve always used a twin blade in it and gotten excellent results with it. In the last year because of a filled up work schedule I’ve been doing a lot of shower shaves where I use either the Clone or I’ve got a vintage Gillette Fat Handles Tech that I like.  

So about a week ago after about 50 shaves on the twins I thought let me put a new blade in it but it was weird it didn’t go in as smooth as normal and I struggled with it for a few minutes but I got it in ok . So because I’ve been trying other razors for the last couple of weeks I haven’t used  the Clone until todays match up shave off.  Well to make things even I took the twin blade out and put a Schick Yellow in it and put a new one in the Asylum also. It went in both razors easily so I thought to myself I wonder why the twin gave me a hard time last time I put one in but I didn’t dwell on it and moved on. 

So for todays shave I felt like using my Greenfresh F Base and I think I over loaded as the lather was really dense.. not a problem with my DE razors but I found that with both of these two SE’s I had to rinse them quite often throughout the entire shave. So I should have added more water and not loaded as much on the brush.  There’s definitely a weight difference and you really feel it when changing from one to the other. It wasn’t a problem but thought I’d mention it. 

Ok so like the old Shave Offs I used to do I split my face into 4 Sections as my whole right solids of my face and neck are much more difficult to shave as I’ve got some nasty cowlicks especially on my neck on my right side.  I thought I’d give that area to the Asylum and my cheeks to the Clone. Just the opposite on the other side neck to the Clone and cheeks to the Asylum.  I have a little more than 2 days growth. 

So starting on my left side with the Asylum going WTG as normal it took down a considerable amount of growth and was very smooth with just a bit of blade feel. I’ll note I had the time so I did a little bit of skin stretching but not overly aggressive.  Did my cheeks, half my chin and have above my lips ( under my nose ) So an excellent 1st pass but like I mentioned I had to stop at least 3 or 4 times to rinse the razor head. On to the left side and the Type O Clone. Again going WTG within a couple of short stroke I noticed that the razor had an unusual amount of blade feel but I attributed it to the Yellow blade maybe not being as sharp as the Twins I’m used to in the razor. With the Clone still in hand I went over to my left side to complete the WTG pass on my neck area and it was pretty much the same. At this point I’m saying to myself I’m not liking this blade in this razor. So back to the Asylum for the WTG on my most difficult area, my right side neck with its nasty cowlicks. The Asylum performed beautifully on the first past but like the Clone I had to rinse often which I won’t keep bring up but it happened through talk 3 passes.  
So rinsed and reapplied the Lather for the XTG pass. The Asylum with some skin stretching definitely took down a good amount of what was left of my growth and if this were a work shave I’d be good with a nice DFS shave. Again picked up the Clone and went eat to nose while doing my skin stretch short stroke technique and when I got to my nose the blade feel under my nose was sort of uncomfortable so at this point things just don’t seem right. Confirmed on my chin. I’m at this point ready to put the Twin back in the Clone because there was quite a bit of stubble left and that is not normal for this razor but I finished the pass and completed the rest of the XTG passes. When I rinsed and felt my face it was almost light I had done only one pass where the Clone had shaves as there was quite a bit of stubble left. I almost put the twin in but I thought no I’ve got to finish this shave. So not to go into extreme detail the Asylum performed great going ATG and the Clone seem to leave as much stubble as was there after the 2nd pass. At this point I’m just not happy with the Clone which I’ve always liked a lot for it’s smoothness and efficiency. Well I knew something was wrong besides the blade and sure enough after inspecting the razor I discovered it had the dreaded smile on the SB. Apparently when I put the Twin in it last time and it was so hard to get in from me forcing it in and moving the injector cartridge around I damaged the razor.  Im not happy as their hard to replace and I’ve enjoyed this razor for quite a few years but it’s ruined now as there’s not way to relate it. So no wonder the tremendous amount of blade feel and inability to take don my stubble. I layered up again and went over the areas where I had used the Clone with the Asylum and I ended up with a vey solid BBS shave but I’m not happy about the loss of one of my consistently good shaving  razors and my number one Shower shaver. 

So not a good test of the two razors. I will begin my search t try to replace my Clone. So I guess I’ll have to break out my vintage Schick Type M adjustable for my shower shaves. So a sad day at the den.  Not sure if you can see the smile on the Clone but trust me it’s there. I once had a DE razor that was sod t me that had a smile and it was useless so I’m familiar with the issue. 

So Dave I basically didn’t accomplish anything with todays Shave Off except I got another good shave out of the Asylum. 

Enjoy your weekend all

Dragonsbeard Frank, I am so sorry for the loss but appreciate your attempt at the shave off. I will try to do one when I get a chance and hope you find a replacement one. Yes I see the smile, Sorry Buddy

Well, after reading through this thread a few times, I was pushed over the edge and ordered one of these. I've tried a few AC razors, and none of them worked great for me... either too mild, or too aggressive, no matter which blade i tried. I had been thinking of trying an injector razor, and was actually considering pulling the trigger on a Supply SE to try out... then I saw this thread and figured I would bite the bullet. 

I'll keep you posted on how the shaves go for me. I got the B-20's to try first.

Well, after reading through this thread a few times, I was pushed over the edge and ordered one of these. I've tried a few AC razors, and none of them worked great for me... either too mild, or too aggressive, no matter which blade i tried. I had been thinking of trying an injector razor, and was actually considering pulling the trigger on a Supply SE to try out... then I saw this thread and figured I would bite the bullet. 

I'll keep you posted on how the shaves go for me. I got the B-20's to try first.

Good move Jamie!