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It all depends on who is asking for the product to be made and at what cost......if someone asks for a product at the cheapest possible price it will be made but it will be cheap rubbish. The Chinese can make a very good product if paid enough. Instead of saying yes we can make for that price and then churning out crap they should be saying no , if you want a quality product it's going to cost this much ......if they didn't churn out so much rubbish they wouldn't have made a bad name for themselves . Looking at short term profits instead of building a reputation for being quality producers of consumer goods.First of all I know nothing about straight razors and have never attempted to use one. So this is an academic question for my part.
Leading on from a thread in DE razors
http://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/com...chinese-futur-clone.42802/page-21#post-643222
I've ordered a Futur clone from China. Mine hasn't arrived yet but by all accounts the fit and finish is good and they shave well.
I found this in the same store
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New...lgo_pvid=e0374f4f-88aa-48e5-bf6d-f42651743bd4
Two years ago I would have said forget it, but now I'm not so sure. The Futur clone is by all accounts good. I collect pocket knives as well. I've just received a knife from China which is a clone of an American knife called a Chris Reeve short sabenza. This original costs in excess of £150 the Chinese copy cost £8. Is the original a better knife? It's hand finished so of course it is. Is it £140 better no! The Chinese copy is a perfectly good pocket knife with a good tool steel blade that holds an edge very well.
Is it time to reconsider our opinion of Chinese made goods?
I was Sent a Couple of these to Hone..They Went in the Bin..If You Want a New Shave Ready ZY Razor PM Me..I Have One Sitting there..Honed..And or a 208 Gold Dollar..First of all I know nothing about straight razors and have never attempted to use one. So this is an academic question for my part.
Leading on from a thread in DE razors
http://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/com...chinese-futur-clone.42802/page-21#post-643222
I've ordered a Futur clone from China. Mine hasn't arrived yet but by all accounts the fit and finish is good and they shave well.
I found this in the same store
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New...lgo_pvid=e0374f4f-88aa-48e5-bf6d-f42651743bd4
Two years ago I would have said forget it, but now I'm not so sure. The Futur clone is by all accounts good. I collect pocket knives as well. I've just received a knife from China which is a clone of an American knife called a Chris Reeve short sabenza. This original costs in excess of £150 the Chinese copy cost £8. Is the original a better knife? It's hand finished so of course it is. Is it £140 better no! The Chinese copy is a perfectly good pocket knife with a good tool steel blade that holds an edge very well.
Is it time to reconsider our opinion of Chinese made goods?
Hi Billy that's sort of the answer I wanted provided you were sent the razor within the last 6 months and not 3 years ago. Companies change some get better some get worse. Time was when if you were buying a motorcycle the only ones you'd consider were made by the British Germans Americans or Italians. Now the majority are Japanese.I was Sent a Couple of these to Hone..They Went in the Bin..If You Want a New Shave Ready ZY Razor PM Me..I Have One Sitting there..Honed..And or a 208 Gold Dollar..
http://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/community/index.php?threads/zy-straight-razors-review.42538/
Billy
It's true that the blade do the Shaving but if the head you put t in is twisted or bend you won't get a shave. Chinese De razors used to but like that now some aren't that was more my point.I would not risk a Chinese straight most respected traders offering honing services won't even accept one which says a lot
As for DE razors you can pick up some bargains after all it's the blade in the razor that makes or breaks the shave and even Chinese DE blades have a poor rep
One Month Ago..They are Badly Ground..Total Crap..They are Made in the Same Factory as the ZY Razors & Gold Dollars..But..They Vary in Grinding Quality & Stages of Finishing..Trust Me..I have Honed them All..Hi Billy that's sort of the answer I wanted provided you were sent the razor within the last 6 months and not 3 years ago. Companies change some get better some get worse. Time was when if you were buying a motorcycle the only ones you'd consider were made by the British Germans Americans or Italians. Now the majority are Japanese.
Thanks for the offer of the razor but I'm not in the market right now.
No.First of all I know nothing about straight razors and have never attempted to use one. So this is an academic question for my part.
Leading on from a thread in DE razors
http://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/com...chinese-futur-clone.42802/page-21#post-643222
I've ordered a Futur clone from China. Mine hasn't arrived yet but by all accounts the fit and finish is good and they shave well.
I found this in the same store
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New...lgo_pvid=e0374f4f-88aa-48e5-bf6d-f42651743bd4
Two years ago I would have said forget it, but now I'm not so sure. The Futur clone is by all accounts good. I collect pocket knives as well. I've just received a knife from China which is a clone of an American knife called a Chris Reeve short sabenza. This original costs in excess of £150 the Chinese copy cost £8. Is the original a better knife? It's hand finished so of course it is. Is it £140 better no! The Chinese copy is a perfectly good pocket knife with a good tool steel blade that holds an edge very well.
Is it time to reconsider our opinion of Chinese made goods?
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