Merkur Travel Safety Razor with Long Handle

I prepared myself from the single rated comment under "first travel razor". I should have heeded the advice about the damaged threads. I do not believe that WCS are the ones responsible as opposed to Merkur who I presumes manufactures this razor, One should not have to dig out the tap & die set to re-thread the male and female parts on the handle prior to first use, but that is exactly what happened when I first tried to assemble it. Simple fix, BUT... Merkur needs to look at their process of shipping and packaging along with a serious look at their quality assurance of lack there of. Three stars for the awesomeness of the razor for shaving as I used the razor for over four days. I also like the travel kit as it is self contained and fits well in my new D. R. Harris travel bag. A great product other than the simple thread issue. Again WCS you guys have some great products!

this is the first travel razor i have bought since moving to DE shaving. i bought this because the leather case has a place for blades and i currently use a long handle Merkur 23C and i like it. upon first inspection i notice the threads are already worn on the male end and only have useable threads in the center. when attaching the pieces of the the handle, they do not fit perfectly together. the pieces are offset enough to notice. the handle is lite and i havent checked the point of balance. if the 210 style came with this type of case i would have bought that one and probably have been happier with it. as it is, i will probably wind up buying the other travel razor and use the case i have because i dont think the handle will last long as i travel often. I commend Merkur for making a compact travel razor but they need to offer the other style with this case.