Razors made in India?

[SRA7594]

Are there any DE made in India?

[Nick D.E.vious]

The only DE razors made in India that I know of are Parker razors. It will be interesting to see if there are more. We have a few members from India who could chime in on this as well.

[mr-razor]

what is about this? :biggrin:

http://www.mr-razor.com/Rasierer/Tech/2008%20Tech%207o-clock%20beschriftet%20Logo.jpg

[ateace]

The general consensus seems to be that the Parker TTO razors are rather cheaply made. The three-piece Parkers are reported to be of better quality.

[SRA7594]

were there any classic DE razors (such as the gillettes) produced in India?

[koso]

The one mr. razor showed is a Tech. That's pretty classic.

[poppi]

Isn't the Lord brand made in India? I've got a Lord Smart razor, a 3 piece unit, that works very well and gets used often.

[michiganlover]

Isn't the Lord brand made in India? I've got a Lord Smart razor, a 3 piece unit, that works very well and gets used often.

No, Lord is based out of Egypt. :cool:

[Obelit]

Gentlemen,

The only double edge razor made in India that I know of is Parker, although there may be others.

I had a Parker 60R and a Parker 90R (or was it a 91R?) and I could not wait to get rid of them. Some people like Parkers. I found them far too aggressive for me, with a rough shave no matter what blade I used.

I think I'll stick with Edwin Jagger, Muhle and Merkur.

Obelit

[talibeard]

I think Laser/Malhotra (http://www.malhotra.com) is an Indian company with an HQ in the UK. There have to be a lot of producers for the local market but only one seems to expand to the west; Parker.
They started with IMO overpriced rattling TTO's and try cheap EJ imitations now. Not cheap enough to close the (quality) gap just as with their first TTO's. Prices are too close to the more established brands like Merkur, Mühle and EJ but the quality of their products is too far behind to make them a good deal.

You might like the way they shave but what I get from the review section is that the same model can have (too) much variation between one piece and another.

I won't burn my face with these razors!

[beyboo]

I think Laser/Malhotra (http://www.malhotra.com) is an Indian company with an HQ in the UK. There have to be a lot of producers for the local market but only one seems to expand to the west; Parker.
They started with IMO overpriced rattling TTO's and try cheap EJ imitations now. Not cheap enough to close the (quality) gap just as with their first TTO's. Prices are too close to the more established brands like Merkur, Mühle and EJ but the quality of their products is too far behind to make them a good deal.

You might like the way they shave but what I get from the review section is that the same model can have (too) much variation between one piece and another.

I won't burn my face with these razors!

Lazer / Malhotra specializes in blades only. Parkers are an independent export only brand. They are not even sold in India.

The Gillette Sterling shown above is most commonly available. There are local cheaper 3-pieces which are nothing much to talk abou in terms of weight, balance and performance.... so there