Director-CH Shavette is Parker’s first Japanese style straight razor for those who prefer this non-folding razor design. Many have told us that our shavette razors perform just like a straight razor — except that there is no honing or sharpening required. Just pick your favorite double edge blade, snap it in half, and insert it into the razor. . Parker Shaving products are handcrafted in India as a result ofwell engineering and extensive design tests.
Parker is a well-known Indian company in the traditional wet shaving world. It’s a family owned and operated brand house and have been producing fine shaving tools since from 1973. Parker has a wide range of designs from classical designs to modern ones, open or closed comb heads and even butterfly head designs just like old safety razors. It’s a hardworking company to satisfy their customers and improving their build quality with each new model.
Shavettes aka disposable/replaceable blade straight razors are great tools with no need for sharpening, honing, stropping or oiling. Just put in a suitable razor blade and you’re good to go. They can easily give extremely close shaves, but can also be very comfortable too in good hands. Shavettes are also great for finding the characteristics of a specific razor blade since everything is more prominent while shaving with shavettes compared to safety razors. They are also great starters in straight razor world. It’s a very clever idea to gain some experience with shavettes before proceeding to real straight razors. As they are much more serious tools.
Parker Director-CH Shavette specifications:
- -Overall height : 170mm
- -Weight : 45,36gr
- -Handle : Plastic
- -Razor Arm : Stainless Steel