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After some helpful advice from some of my fellow Aussies here I purchased (Au$45) this razor from a shaving chain store here in Oz, Shaverhop. Some have already suggested that this razor is a rebadged Muhle-Pinsel R89. After the reading the R89 review I have to agree, the Premax fits the descriptions and comments on R89.
I purchased the "gold" model, but I have also seen this in "chrome" which was not available when I bought mine. Razor is 3 piece and you unscrew the hollow handle to install a blade. As noted in reviews for the R89, blade placement in this razor is a little tricky and takes a little bit of effort to get the blade to sit even and square. It is not impossible but it is a little disappointing, considering the el cheapo Weishi has not such problems.
I have only used the razor twice. Both times with a Feather blade. This is a quite an aggressive razor, I had been using a Feather Popular DE and/or Weishi. Having said that, the aggressiveness is manageable and has rewarded me with 2 very close (almost BBS) shaves after only 1 pass each time.
This is probably not a good starter razor as I can see that forgiveness is not one of its attributes. Used in the correct way it is very nice razor that delivers good results.
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After some helpful advice from some of my fellow Aussies here I purchased (Au$45) this razor from a shaving chain store here in Oz, Shaverhop. Some have already suggested that this razor is a rebadged Muhle-Pinsel R89. After the reading the R89 review I have to agree, the Premax fits the descriptions and comments on R89.
I purchased the "gold" model, but I have also seen this in "chrome" which was not available when I bought mine. Razor is 3 piece and you unscrew the hollow handle to install a blade. As noted in reviews for the R89, blade placement in this razor is a little tricky and takes a little bit of effort to get the blade to sit even and square. It is not impossible but it is a little disappointing, considering the el cheapo Weishi has not such problems.
I have only used the razor twice. Both times with a Feather blade. This is a quite an aggressive razor, I had been using a Feather Popular DE and/or Weishi. Having said that, the aggressiveness is manageable and has rewarded me with 2 very close (almost BBS) shaves after only 1 pass each time.
This is probably not a good starter razor as I can see that forgiveness is not one of its attributes. Used in the correct way it is very nice razor that delivers good results.