Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:17:01 -0800
Reply-To: Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [NVC] Disposable razors with good blade guards?
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I have found superglue keeps those pesky little covers on.
tim in san jose
On 2/25/07, Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sounds like you need something important to fuss about, Mike. Maybe your
> engine will blow? :-)
>
> Or if your ziplocks aren't tight enough, put the razor in the small
> ziplock,
> fold the excess plastic so it's snug around the razor, and put a rubber
> band
> around it.
>
> Or barring that, get some tiny rubber bands - the kinds teen-agers used to
> have on their braces, I don't know if they still exist - and just attach
> the
> plastic covers. Scotch tape would work too.
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Michael Elliott [mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com]
> :::Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:23 PM
> :::To: Joy Hecht
> :::Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Re: [NVC] Disposable razors with good blade guards?
> :::
> :::Ziplocks? Greatest thing since the bread slicer. I always have a box of
> :::the small size, and box of the gallon sizes along. Always in freezer
> :::grade. Use 'em all the time. I thought about dumping the razors into a
> :::small Ziplock then tossing it all into my toiletries kit, and I'm sure
> :::it would keep the covers with the razors, but not on the razors. They'd
> :::come loose and be rattling around in that Ziplock, and I'd still be
> :::annoyed by the bad engineering.
> :::
> :::If no one knows of a disposable that has a firmly affixed cover, then
> it
> :::looks like I'll have to buy samples of them all and do my own review.
> :::May take a while, though, considering how infrequently I shave when
> :::camping.
> :::
> :::--
> :::Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> :::71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> :::84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> :::74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> :::KG6RCR
> :::
> :::
> :::
> :::Joy Hecht typed:
> :::> I don't know from razors, but how about putting your disposables in a
> :::small
> :::> ziplock before putting them in your toiletries bag?
> :::>
> :::> Those of us of the female persuasion also have certain items that
> also
> :::lose
> :::> their packaging in loose toiletry bags. Small ziplocks or similar
> :::small
> :::> plastic packaging work wonders.
> :::>
> :::>
> :::>
> :::> Joy
> :::>
> :::>
> :::> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> :::Behalf
> :::> :::Of Michael Elliott
> :::> :::Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 4:24 PM
> :::> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::> :::Subject: [NVC] Disposable razors with good blade guards?
> :::> :::
> :::> :::I don't usually make a habit of shaving much when we camp, but
> once
> :::in a
> :::> :::while I get fed up with the grizzled prospector look, and take a
> few
> :::> :::swipes at the face with a razor. No electrics for me -- hate 'em.
> It
> :::> :::seems that no matter what brand of disposable blade-type razor I
> :::buy,
> :::> :::the little plastic blade guards become separated from the razors
> in
> :::my
> :::> :::toiletries bag and the next time I open the bag, I end up fishing
> :::out
> :::> :::blade guards and razors and patiently put them back together. Next
> :::time,
> :::> :::same thing: blades here, blade guards over there. This last set of
> :::> :::disposables are some kind of Gillettes in violent lime green, and
> :::they
> :::> :::are no better than the others I've tried in this regard.
> :::> :::
> :::> :::Can anyone recommend a disposable razor with a secure cover?
> :::> :::
> :::> :::--
> :::> :::Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> :::> :::71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> :::> :::84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> :::> :::74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> :::> :::KG6RCR
> :::>
>
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