Got it at last on 8th June and had three shaves so far. Inserting the blade was easy but OMG that first shave was terrible. Scratchy! But my second and third shaves were excellent. Either I got the technique wrong in the first shave or the coating on the blade rubbed off during the first shave. But anyway so far an excellent razor and a smooth, close shave with no nicks. I think perhaps my first one was a dud but this second time I didn't fiddge with the thumb screw before loading the blade.
I got a black razor, black stand and 16 extra black label blades in two packs (plus one pack with the razor making 24 blades in total) and a free travel case. In addition I have 4 packs of Schick yellow pack blades on offer from Amazon UK and still to add is Taconic injector blades. Then I can do a comparison.
My advice at this early stage is to keep the plastic blade which is pushed out when the first real blade is loaded. It will be useful after the razor is taken apart for cleaning and a new blade pack is started.