Anyone know anything about these razors? I know they'er 3 piece and about 3" in length. Anything else? shave quality etc.
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I liked the fact that they are solid brass. The chrome finish was nice also.
The handle is indeed chrome over brass, but the head is still chrome over zinc alloy (as is the case with EJ, Merkur, or most any mid-priced new-production razor).
Merkur, E.J. and most others use pot metal for their razor heads. Parker uses zinc alloy which is better. The Parker 94 & 97 is also more aggressive.
They're all using ZAMAK in some form or fashion... "pot metal" is a catch-all term for any die-cast zinc, while ZAMAK followed by a number (2-7, excluding 6, 4 only being used in China) is a trade name that indicates a specific alloy formulation with a corresponding ASTM/DIN/UNS standard formulation. The difference from one ZAMAK formula to the next is the Al, Cu, and Ni content.