Saw this on the Bay looks real similar to a knack just wondering what you all think? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250661172217&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Gillette Knack Clone ?
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It may look similar to a Gillette Knack, but looks is where it ends.
Most of the modern clones are very poorly made, and suffer from TTO doors that don't close properly, blades that don't sit true in the blade bed, and uneven blade gaps: in other words such razors are usually useless for shaving.
Making a reliable 3 piece design like a Tech is fairly easy to pull off, and as such there are some good Tech clones on the market (Lord being one of them), successfully executing a Twist to Open design is vastly more difficult as the design is more complex.
Most of the modern clones are very poorly made, and suffer from TTO doors that don't close properly, blades that don't sit true in the blade bed, and uneven blade gaps: in other words such razors are usually useless for shaving.
Making a reliable 3 piece design like a Tech is fairly easy to pull off, and as such there are some good Tech clones on the market (Lord being one of them), successfully executing a Twist to Open design is vastly more difficult as the design is more complex.
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Its funny that on the ebay picture to represent the razor the best one that they have(I assume they would be smart enough to use the best razor of that model they have to to represent it), the black handle part doesn't even connect correctly to the top metal portion of the razor. This company "excel" is very cheap and crappy. I wouldn't even trust one of their 3 piece razors, let alone a TTO.
You're right, there is quite a visible gap there between the plastic handle, and head. It's almost as if the head is a standard piece that they just try (but fail) to fit to many other handles.
To my eyes, the head looks very much like the head found on the Pakistan made Sabi Gen, and the Pakistan made Treet Starline.
The Sabi Gen was pretty much a disaster as razors go; Pakistan doesn't have a very good track record for making good shaving gear (for example Pakistani made straights are total garbage).
