Art of Shaving (Gillette) launching new safety razors.

I specifically asked at my local Art of Shaving and they looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language. Glad to hear your area is better informed.

Sounds like your AoS employees are as clueless as mine.

Interesting, Teiste.  To be honest, $55.00 seems too much for a Tech made in India.  Will they be date coded?  I'll stick with vintage unless there is a compelling reason not to.  

Thanks for the update.

I'm with you. I would rather buy old then something new that is made over seas when it comes to a tech or anything else they have in mind. Something about seeing that made in the U.S.A that I kind of like and really miss when it comes to today's merchandise.

Weren't Techs made in the US, England, Canada and Brazil?

Yes, but the ones I have are all made here. I also don't think you can compare the ones made here and England back in the day with something that might possibly be made in India and China IMHO.

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Yes, but the ones I have are all made here. I also don't think you can compare the ones made here and England back in the day with something that might possibly be made in India and China IMHO.

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Chinese manufacturing is quite different than it was 20-30 years ago. It is today a very competent and competitive location and in many cases rivals and outperforms US manufacturing processes. I don't want to go into what have led to this change and/or what is fueling its continued growth but if you were to black-box their manufacturing and solely focus on what comes out on the other end it can be of very high quality.

Yes, but the ones I have are all made here. I also don't think you can compare the ones made here and England back in the day with something that might possibly be made in India and China IMHO.

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Chinese manufacturing is quite different than it was 20-30 years ago. It is today a very competent and competitive location and in many cases rivals and outperforms US manufacturing processes. I don't want to go into what have led to this change and/or what is fueling its continued growth but if you were to black-box their manufacturing and solely focus on what comes out on the other end it can be of very high quality.

I get where you ate coming from but I guess what I am saying is that I long for the old days when most things were made here.

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Chrome plated what? What is under the chrome plating? Brass like the vintage Gillettes; Zamac like so many modern razors already; sintered stainless steel like the Feather AS-D2? Lots of possibilities.

I have the feeling the handle will be plated brass and the head a good ol' Zamacky special. I'm just speculating based on the price point.

I know nothing!

Yes, but the ones I have are all made here.  I also don't think you can compare the ones made here and England back in the day with something that might possibly be made in India and China IMHO.

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Chinese manufacturing is quite different than it was 20-30 years ago. It is today a very competent and competitive location and in many cases rivals and outperforms US manufacturing processes. I don't want to go into what have led to this change and/or what is fueling its continued growth but if you were to black-box their manufacturing and solely focus on what comes out on the other end it can be of very high quality.

I get where you ate coming from but I guess what I am saying is that I long for the old days when most things were made here.  

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Many of us do, but people don't want to PAY for American-made goods. There's a lot of vocal support for more American manufacturing but, when the chips are down, price is king, and lower prices usually come with having goods made overseas.

I know there are many razors made in Asia, including the amazing OneBlade from a MIM, stainless steel coolest procedure. We are making our razor from mechanized procedure and I know is expensive to do, but think, honestly that Asian facilities can do that even better than us. They make most products nowadays, from Apple, to Nike or, well, many others. It's a beautiful project, rebirthing of the Tech. I would like do something like that in the future. Have to convince my partner...

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Yes, but the ones I have are all made here.  I also don't think you can compare the ones made here and England back in the day with something that might possibly be made in India and China IMHO.

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Chinese manufacturing is quite different than it was 20-30 years ago. It is today a very competent and competitive location and in many cases rivals and outperforms US manufacturing processes. I don't want to go into what have led to this change and/or what is fueling its continued growth but if you were to black-box their manufacturing and solely focus on what comes out on the other end it can be of very high quality.

Apple products have been made in China for years, as well as many of the Denon receivers, and other high end electronics. I agree with the above that China can make just as high of quality products as the US in many cases. However, it all has to with management and quality control. If a company gets involved in the manufacturing process such as Apple does, and hires there own management and QA team, lays out the process and rules, and ensures they are followed, then the product can be top quality. However, if a company just ordered products from China and leaves all the management and quality controls up to that company then the products might be good and might be bad.

There are hardly any factories left in America anymore. Nearly all products built on scale must be built overseas. They have the facilities and the most modern equipment. We don't.

And I wonder, bringing this back to topic, if this is why so many modern razors that are American/Canadian/British made, have the fulfillment problems they do...