Chinese futur clone

This is one of the most frustrating threads I've seen. The clone looks great, is apparently well-made, works well and costs next to nothing. All that's right up my street. The trouble is that my Merkur Futur is, along with the Shavecraft Tech head, one of the only two razors that I just can't get along with, let alone grow to love.
 
Ferrum said:
This is one of the most frustrating threads I've seen. The clone looks great, is apparently well-made, works well and costs next to nothing. All that's right up my street. The trouble is that my Merkur Futur is, along with the Shavecraft Tech head, one of the only two razors that I just can't get along with, let alone grow to love.
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I can entirely see why it would be frustrating. I guess the way I've seen it is, if you like the Futur and can afford a Futur then no harm getting the Futur. If you're unsure (as newbies may be) then it's an inexpensive way to see whether you can get on with it. I can see why people may be unable to get on with it. I've found it quite nice as a pioneering step into DE shaving, however.

It's good value for money, in my opinion, and has only come about as a result of an expired patent from what I can gather (though that hasn't stopped East Asian production before) so I would estimate that as time elapses there may be more instances of this happening, hopefully with a razor you like. :)
 
Benz3ne said:
I can entirely see why it would be frustrating. I guess the way I've seen it is, if you like the Futur and can afford a Futur then no harm getting the Futur. If you're unsure (as newbies may be) then it's an inexpensive way to see whether you can get on with it. I can see why people may be unable to get on with it. I've found it quite nice as a pioneering step into DE shaving, however.

It's good value for money, in my opinion, and has only come about as a result of an expired patent from what I can gather (though that hasn't stopped East Asian production before) so I would estimate that as time elapses there may be more instances of this happening, hopefully with a razor you like. :)
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Sound logic there. I just hope that someone in the Far East will be producing some of the other rare razors, like Darwins and Eclipses. I think anyway that I'm about to get carried away in the flood of Gem-blade SEs about to hit us.
 
Ferrum said:
Sound logic there. I just hope that someone in the Far East will be producing some of the other rare razors, like Darwins and Eclipses. I think anyway that I'm about to get carried away in the flood of Gem-blade SEs about to hit us.
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If the Chicoms would make perfect clones of those as well as Gillette classics in stainless they'd cash in.
 
Bogeyman said:
If the Chicoms would make perfect clones of those as well as Gillette classics in stainless they'd cash in.
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I don't see why they can't, given the right incentives (money). I know people who've arranged for things to be made in China/SE Asia, and, if you specify a quality and so forth, then, for the right price, they'll produce a first-class item, almost as good as the original. Otherwise, it's usually a matter of bashing out something OK but very cheap, except with this Futur clone, which has managed to achieve quality and cheapness. India and Pakistan could also produce some decent stuff, but, certainly in the razor market, it seems that they struggle to match the quality of the better Chinese articles. They do make some nice Listeroid Lister diesel copies, though.
 
OK, sticking my neck out once again. This morning and a couple of other mornings over the past week, I shaved with the Aliexpress razor which I have commented on before. I too had a Merkur-Gold version. I couldn't get along with it at all. It cut me up with every use. I sold it on the Bay. For less then $10 I bought 2 of the Chinese clones because of what people have said about them. Less then $20 w/shipping. And, I find that the clone shaves better for me then the Merkur original ever did? Why I can't imagine. But, it does seem extra, extra smooth in adjustment and the blade exposure is perfect. For me 2 is about perfect. Close shave and allows excessive cleanup. WOW< is all I can say. Being so obsessive I wish I bought 10 of the razors because maybe this run won't last? I gave my nephew in law the second razor and am awaiting his opinions. But, for less then $10 I consider the Aliexpress razor the very best razor for the money out there. I think it should last a very long time. I guess I shall see?
 
As have others, I've bought the £2.28 Futur copy from the Malaysian seller on Ebay. The company that took my payment from Paypal was a Chinese company from Shenzhen, Guangdong. We'll see if it ever arrives (in fairness, everything I've bought from China has turned up) and what it's like. Chinese fountain pens are ridiculously cheap and nicely made, so I'm hopeful this Futur copy will be similar.
 
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