Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B

Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by tomcam on Friday May 10, 2019 @03:30PM (#19881401)

Help me! I find the safety razor handles to be way too small. To me they feel like they were made for children. I would like them to be about 40% longer than they are. Can you point me to any safety razors with handles at least as big as the Gillette Mach 3’s, preferably even bigger?

I purchased a Merkur because it had awesome reviews, then got their “large” size but they’re both laughably small IMHO.

P.S. I claim I’m older and boringer, but I wasn’t smart enough to snag that username ;)

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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by canada_dry on Friday May 10, 2019 @04:17PM (#19881819)

Or... print your own:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2702518

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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by tomcam on Saturday May 11, 2019 @02:40AM (#19884944)

Man, I love the 21st century. Thank you.

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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by mikelward on Friday May 10, 2019 @03:33PM (#19881450)

Merkur makes the 23C which has a long handle.

https://www.amazon.com/Merkur-Long-Handled-Safety-Razor/dp/B...

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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by tomcam on Friday May 10, 2019 @04:04PM (#19881705)

Thanks. That’s the second one I purchased. It seems like I’m an outlier. They’re all incredibly short by my standards, yet modern cartridge razors often have handles that work well for me.

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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by mikelward on Friday May 10, 2019 @08:39PM (#19883637)

I have the shorter 34C. It's certainly shorter than a current cartridge razor, but it's just long enough for me to fit all four fingers side-by-side.

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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by fotbr on Friday May 10, 2019 @08:28PM (#19883585)

Find your local makerspace, or community college with a machinist program, and ask if anyone would be interested in making you a custom handle.

I turned a simple aluminum handle when I switched to a DE safety razor, because I had the same reaction to what was available. Matched the thread of the one I purchased, turned the handle a bit longer and fatter, and then knurled the lower 3/4ths of it.

It's a very easy and fun lathe project with very few critical dimensions.

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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by tomcam on Saturday May 11, 2019 @02:39AM (#19884937)

Love that idea. Thanks.

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