Hello, new here from Houston. I have been trying to get a perfect safety travel razor. I thought I had it with the Merkur 45 Bakelite. But the brass screw came loose from the head. So I emailed Merkur and they sent me a new head. I supposed I over tightened and set forth to not tighten so much. But this head also separated from the brass screw. So I drilled out the hole and put the screw in tight with epoxy to secure it. That worked, but my drill hole wasn't straight. So one razor side was good, the other, the pitch was off and scrapped like mad. I bought an old Gillette Tech, but found it way too short handled. Did I just get 2 bad apples with the 45? I have a trip planned with the wife coming up. I've found that the Gillette head will screw into the 45 handle. Perhaps that's the ticket. But I'm willing to hear any thoughts or suggestions.