I almost bought the Syntesi from Maggards in November. I wonder whether the Italy has TGS' branding on it.
Knockoff henson
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It has.
How would they get their money back based on it being advertised as real? They’re not calling it a Henson razor, there’s no Henson branding, I don't see anything directly referencing Henson… it’s obviously a knockoff, but they sell a lot of those and I don’t see how a buyer would try to claim they thought this was an actual Henson.
As an experiment, I just went to AEx and did a search for “Henson razor”… this product doesn’t even show up.
They might not say it directly, but it's still misleading and I don't see anything saying that they are not genuine, but knockoffs. Some of the razors are advertised as the real deal, like the R41GS, Syntesi and others, so given how in most cases the dispute favours the buyer, I'd say the chances of keeping the razors and getting your money back are pretty high. At least that's what my experience was a few years ago when I used to by all kinds of junk from that website.
Also, if you zoom some of the pictures of the razors, you can see ''Muhle'' stamp on them.
This one even says ''made in Italy''.
Iridian
Cool and slimy
The Syntesi is shiny white and mild, the Bayonetta is reportedly a much better shaver. I like the looks of the Syntesi better and I already said it several times, give me a machined SS Bayonetta and we are talking.
If the make a SS copy of the Bayonetta, the problem is that they don't ship to Germany for some reason.
TLDR if you get only one of the two, I would strongly recommend you the Bayonetta.
Thanks for the heads-up. I like the Syntesi's looks, too, but not enough to buy a razor I won't use. Cheers!
I had noticed this razor yesterday but did not notice that it was not original, it was renamed as “Canadian Razor”
If they show me a stolen or fake photo where in the presentation they show the original razor it's easy to fall into the trap. And even if there are reviews and photos of the razors in the buyers' comments as a non-expert I don't think I would ever be able to tell it was a clone. In all this I think as usual for other razors,only the razor blades are original Rk stainless to make people believe it is the genuine razor.
I agree. That's my own reasoning.
To be honest, it's really infuriating to see this kind of situation. In recent years, there have been a lot of knockoff products in China. The most imitated product is the Wolfman WR2 series of razors. Not only are wet shaving stuff manufacturers like Yaqi and DScosmetic producing similar - looking products, but many enthusiasts are also contacting CNC manufacturers to produce 1: 1 replicas, and they even call them xxWolf razors. Although these are all acts of disrespecting intellectual property rights, at least these merchants never claim that their products are genuine.
In the past few months, fake razors have appeared on "Xianyu" in China (the website is: www.goofish.com, a second - hand product transfer platform under Alibaba Taobao, but it's not strictly limited to second - hand product transactions). The first fake product was Henson AL13. Merchants sold it at a price 40% - 50% lower than the market price, but they did not claim that their product was a knockoff. Because the processing technology of this counterfeit product is also pretty good, and it has a complete factory packaging, many people were deceived due to the habitual thinking that there would be no counterfeit products in the small safety razor market. At present, this counterfeit manufacturer has also extended its counterfeiting to products such as Muhle R94 and TGS Syntesi. To be frank, this is very bad. It not only brings a negative impact to “Made in China”, but also makes everyone have to be more vigilant when purchasing new or second - hand products, increasing the cost of purchasing.
In the past few months, fake razors have appeared on "Xianyu" in China (the website is: www.goofish.com, a second - hand product transfer platform under Alibaba Taobao, but it's not strictly limited to second - hand product transactions). The first fake product was Henson AL13. Merchants sold it at a price 40% - 50% lower than the market price, but they did not claim that their product was a knockoff. Because the processing technology of this counterfeit product is also pretty good, and it has a complete factory packaging, many people were deceived due to the habitual thinking that there would be no counterfeit products in the small safety razor market. At present, this counterfeit manufacturer has also extended its counterfeiting to products such as Muhle R94 and TGS Syntesi. To be frank, this is very bad. It not only brings a negative impact to “Made in China”, but also makes everyone have to be more vigilant when purchasing new or second - hand products, increasing the cost of purchasing.
I do not know the U.S. laws for importing from China or their customs controls. As far as the EU laws and customs of European Community countries are concerned, from what I know, from April 1, 2025, there will be stricter controls for imports then especially from China.
Each transport company will therefore have to anticipate to the customs authorities a number of details about the goods that are imported within the EU. In addition to the exact details of the sender and the receiver, also a detailed and precise description of the cargo and the goods. Why do you pose and write down all these problems?
Counterfeiting of razors and other products will continue, the laws and controls for customs at least in the EU are getting stricter and stricter, and the fines or penalties for those who do not comply with the laws are continually being tightened. Agreed, there will always be someone who gets away with it but it has always been so, as it always will be.
Each transport company will therefore have to anticipate to the customs authorities a number of details about the goods that are imported within the EU. In addition to the exact details of the sender and the receiver, also a detailed and precise description of the cargo and the goods. Why do you pose and write down all these problems?
Counterfeiting of razors and other products will continue, the laws and controls for customs at least in the EU are getting stricter and stricter, and the fines or penalties for those who do not comply with the laws are continually being tightened. Agreed, there will always be someone who gets away with it but it has always been so, as it always will be.
