Looking for a Gillette Tech; what to look for?

[vinyl_warrior]

A couple people in this thread have recommended a fat handle Gillette Tech with a Feather blade. It sounds like a good idea to me, so I'd like to pick up a Tech.

However, I have no idea what I'm looking for or where to look. I hit up ebay, and the best looking thing I found that would ship to me in Japan is this. I'm not sure if that's a good razor or not. There seem to be many different kinds of techs, and I repeat again, I don't know what I'm looking for.

How do you guys recommend I go about my search for a new razor?

[Monkeyboy]

Someone else may want to chime in on this one but Feather made a 'travel' razor that many feel is close to a tech but a touch more aggressive. They don't make them anymore but they are pretty easy to find online.

Otherwise, I have a fat handled tech that you could have, I would just ask you to pay the shipping. I have no clue how much that might be though.

[dreadpirate]

I got the Feather Portable - it looks like a Tech but shaves more aggressively. I like it. The only con I have is that the Portable is a little bit shorter than a Superspeed. I think Feather should have made it the same length as I consider the Superspeed to be the sweet spot of size and weight.

But you can get them for like $10 - so at that price why not try?

Also be advised that there are some variants of the Tech that are an aggressive shaver - I have one - it is British. They have a different head shape. Somewhere there is a thread that discusses this in detail with pics.

Either of those are great alternatives to the standard Tech that is (IMO) a bit too mild a shave.