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I love that eBayers sell lots of old razors. I don't mean "lot" as in they sell a large number of them, though they do that too. I mean that some of these guys (a lot of them, in fact..) sell lots of razors as in a whole lotta razors at once. A seller might have fifteen or so razors, all different kinds and in all kinds of shape, grouped together in one auction, with the unifying theme for all of these lot auctions being "nobody's ever going to bid on this old Gem razor that takes box cutter blades or this Schick band razor that's killed more guys than Gacy, so if you want the gold Gillette toggle and the adjustable Injector, you gotta take these godawful beaters too."

You don't see too many other categories where lots are common. I've never seen anyone selling guitars in lots where to get the 50s Strat you have to take the Hondo, the Kramer, and the pointy day-glo Ibanez. Porn, too, tends to be lean on lots -- to score that rare "Inside Seka" Beta tape, you don't have to also take "Ron Jeremy's Bar Mitzvah" and "Dorf On MILF".

I usually stay away from the shaving lots, because I got burned on a few of them when I first started scoring vintage razors on eBay. The group photos aren't always detailed enough, so you can't really tell what shape some of the razors are in till you get them, and it's always the ones you really wanted that are trashed and unusable.

But I happened to come across a lot last week which was, incredibly, over 50 percent desirable, so I yoinked it and today was the day it arrived. And a sweet haul it was -- despite the gaggle of Schick band razors and a pair of scary-looking Christys that take box cutter blades and look like Jeremy Irons's custom gynecological tools from "Dead Ringers", I managed to score a slew of Eversharp/Schick Injectors, a bunch of Gillette DEs including a '50s HD adjustable and a super clean Super Speed, a way-cool PAL Injecto-Matic Injector, and the biggest prize of all, an all-metal 1935 Type D, the very first Schick Injector ever made:



Unlike the earlier and also all-metal B-1 Schick Magazine Repeater I scored a few weeks ago, this original Injector seems to have the same head design and blade exposure as the later bakelite models, and looks like it can shave with the best of them. I'd already shaved by the time the postman dropped the lot off, but I loaded a fresh Schick blade into this D-Type and plan to take it for a spin tomorrow to see what it's got under the hood.

And after that I'm going to try the PAL Injecto-Matic, because I haven't tried any of the PAL Injectors yet and I hear mixed things about them. Then I'll drop a fresh Israeli Personna DE blade in that Super Speed because I love these no-frills Gillette butterflies and haven't shaved with one in ages, and after that I'll put a fresh blade in the Gem and scrape the paint off the bathroom window which I've been meaning to do for the last four years.

It beats looking at Tim Conway naked on his knees.