Review (4/5): NOT FOR BEGINNERS
If you are new to shaving with shavettes or straight razors these ARE NOT for you. There are many other shavettes much more suitable to learn with. There are no safety features. The blades must be pushed into the razor from the front, and it is a very tight fit because it has to be very tight in order to secure the blade in place. The blades are removed by using a flat object to push the blade back out. The Turkish razors are smaller than most standard sized shavettes, and the blade base is narrower than most shavettes. I happen to love them, and the price is right. They're cheaply made but rather sturdy. I use small needle nose pliers to gradually push the blade into place from the front, then refold the package the blade came in and lightly/gently push down on the blade against the blade wrapper on a counter to ensure that the blade in uniformly lined up evenly. I remove the used blades by holding the razor in place with one hand while using the blade of a small knife to push out the used blade from the rear blade edge.