Is the Shield AC a Rip Off of the Vector?

DanLaw · 09-09-2023, 03:06 PM

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Just received an unsolicited promo in email proffering this razor. Sure hope it not a rip off of Shane's innovative Vector.

One would have to be a pathetic human being to steal the creative work of another for profit. Would hope the community would take a stand to protect the legitimate artisans developing new products at reasonable prices versus the anything for a buck hucksters.

Hoping Blackland Razors will comment telling us how this is not a cheap Chinese knockoff

mrdoug · 09-09-2023, 03:19 PM

I don't own any SE razors, but a quick search makes me think it doesn't look like it.

All razors of a certain type (de, ac, etc) are going to have many similarities. This head geometry appears drastically different. In fact, when I saw your picture I immediately thought of a Yaqi razor (katana, maybe?). [Image: b4e8f7f9fdab1b29820fdd77a8fff13b.jpg]

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Just found what I was thinking of... The Yaqi Excalibur. They don't look the same, either, though. Sorry, wish I could be of more help.

DanLaw · 09-09-2023, 07:50 PM

Thank you for the response. Hope you are correct. The head looked very much like Shane's in a post found online

keto · 09-09-2023, 10:36 PM

I also got the email, but thought the head was probably bigger than a Vector, although no side view.

dtownvino · 09-09-2023, 11:25 PM

Pic borrowed from Reddit as a tribute to Coming to America.

Radio · 09-12-2023, 02:59 PM

Haha this picture fits perfectly.

metal_shavings · 09-12-2023, 06:13 PM

(09-09-2023, 11:25 PM)dtownvino Wrote:

Pic borrowed from Reddit as a tribute to Coming to America.

Our buns have no seeds.

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