Parker 42M Heavyweight All-Metal Triple Blade Razor – Shaving Razor with Brass Frame + Deluxe Textured Graphite Gray Handle - One Gillette Mach 3 Razor Blade Included

This is a well made product. It feels as good as it looks. It's well balanced and has a nice hefty too it. It's something that you use almost every day, so splurge a little.

Others fall apart over time, and this one has not. The weight and the grip on the handle are perfectly matched. It has enough weight to feel the quality in your hand, but it is light enough not to grip it like a hammer. The pressure necessary to grip it between your fingers, combined with the grip pattern, is perfectly matched and doesn't slip out of your hands.

Torn on this. On one had it has a very nice, stable industrial feel, with good heft that results in a nice shave. Unfortunately, as others have stated, the small silver bridge piece between the black handle and the blade connector tends to loosen and need retightening every 5-8 shaves. I suspect that bridge piece is part of the assembly they must buy from Gillette ( so as not to violate their patents) and the handle manufacturer has limited control here. I’m going to try a couple of dabs of licorice here, and if that fails, move onto CA glue. But couldn’t this have been done the “factory”?

Positive- Feels good in the hand - has some weight to it and the handle is dimpled to reduce slipping- Attractive designNegative- The head of the razor frequently rotates loose from the handle of the razor - requiring it to be tightened before shaving can continue. This happens 3 to 4 times on every shave- The clips that are supposed to fit into the razor blade are not strong enough to extract the blade from the plastic safety container that holds the Mach 3 razor bladesI owned another model of this company's razor previously. After several years, the clips wore out so I feel I got decent use out of that model. This model is not the same quality.I would not recommend buying it - the price does not equal the performance.

Very well made,has a little weight to it. Well balanced.

High quality. Looks good. The knurled handle makes it easy to control, even with wet hands. Definitely a worthwhile purchase.

The razor handle fit all of my extra Gillette cartridges that I was going to throw out. It’s shaped to have great friction with my hands. It very easy and effective to eject or accept a new razor cartridge.

I didn't write an review when I had it 2 years ago. It looked great when I first got it and it still looks great now - even the black handle lighten up a bit as I can see some brass color underneath it. I also love the weight of the razor.But what I really want to talk about is the seller's customer service.I use it every 2/3 days for about 2 years no problem, until couple weeks ago I dropped and broke the retract mechanism and it can't hold on to the razor anymore. I surfed around and tried to look for other razor handle, but eventually came back and thinking about buying the same one again - until I saw this comment : http://www.amazon.com/review/R2TSDTG9QUWPG8/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00570KYBS&nodeID=3760901&store=hpc.I emailed [email protected] last Wednesday night about the situation and asked if I can get some part to fix it (since it's a perfectly fine razor still), on Thursday morning I got an reply from Howie @ Howie Inc., asked for my address to send me the part. I received the new part on Saturday in 2 bags of protection, free of charge.Thank you again Howie for the quick response!