Taconic Shave, Gillette Sensor & Sensor Excel Compatible Heavyweight Triple Blade Pivot Head Razor, Includes 1 Preloaded Blade - Delivers a Smooth, Close & Comfortable Shave

This is an excellent razor handle. I really like how it has heft, and feels great in your hand. Most of the handle is made of metal, whereas the top, where the razor cartridge fits in, is made of plastic. However, overall, the razor handle is very weighty (in a good way) and feels great while shaving. For the past several months, I was using the typical plastic handle that I bought on Amazon (the original equipment handle). However, I was getting cut, nicked, and just not getting a close shave. I thought it was the Sensor 3 blades, and somehow they were not made as well as in the past. But then I got this handle. Honestly, the blades feel completely different. I am not sure if it is psychological, but I am getting the best shaves of my life. I think because the handle has some weight and heft, I don't feel the need anymore to put any pressure to shave. As a result, I am sticking to Sensor 3 blades. I have just one issue with the handle. I shave in the shower. Obviously, the handle gets wet and slick with shaving cream, water, etc. There are grippers on the handle at the top and bottom, but nothing in the middle. The middle of the handle is very smooth. A few times, the handle almost slipped out of my hand. I know in other reviews, people said they dropped their handle and it broke. That makes sense. So what did I do? I McGyvered a fix. I just bought a cheap roll of hockey stick tape (the tape you put on the blade, which is pretty water resistant). I literally put two one-inch pieces of tape around the handle, and the handle is now tacky enough that it is very unlikely to slip out of my hand. The roll of tape cost $5.78, and unfortunately, I only used about 2 inches of it, but perhaps a similar cloth tape that you have at home already will do. With that fix, the handle is even better, and perfectly secure in my hand. Please see the pictures attached. All in all, this a great handle. It's a little pricey, but as I said, for some reason this handle seems to shave so much better than those light plastic handles.

Most of the other reviews are correct. This handle is indeed surprisingly heavy. When I first switched from the Gillette Sensor handle it took a couple weeks to get used to this one and I was getting nicks until I figured out how to grip the handle. I won’t get into specifics because my hands and face are not the same size and shape as yours, but yes, the center of the handle is slippery and you will need to figure out how to hold it so you’re holding at least one of the “grippy” sections. Now that I’ve gotten used to the handle, I can tell that the added weight gives me much better control of the razor. It is also true that the part that grips the razor blade itself is a bit loose, and if you drop the handle the razor blade will certainly pop out. On the other hand, I appreciate the tiny bit of “wiggle”, having learned to take advantage of it to shave smoothly around corners. The finish on the handle eventually degrades (especially if you use it in the shower, as i do) and the part that grips the blade gets looser over time. I’ve had mine over two years now and am just starting to think about replacing it, so i’d say it’s a good value. Despite the peeling finish and loose blade grip it’s totally usable, so I figure it’ll be at least another year before I really need to replace it.

I like the Sensor shaving system, but my Gillette Sensor razor handle broke and I can no longer shave with it. (The tiny plastic tabs that hold the blade snap off when dropped.) I still have dozens of nice Sensor blades, so getting a new handle is the easy win... Sadly, Gillette has discontinued the Sensor system. Besides, Gillette hates me. I get the message. My search is not over, but I have made progress: this Taconic handle is heavy and satisfying, and works well both with old Sensor blades and Personna TRI-FLEXXX. Bad news: Four months after I bought this handle, I dropped it and its plastic tab snapped, too. Good news: I called Super Safety Razors directly and before I even asked for a replacement, the guy said he understood and would get a replacement in the mail right away! Outstanding. If Taconic solves the design flaw of the fragile plastic tabs, which other users have mentioned here, then they’ll have a big winner for the thousands of men who still like Sensor. Until then, four stars for a good but flawed product. Five stars for excellent service. Advice: stick it to Gillette. They hate us. When you buy new blades, swap Gillette Sensor for Personna TRI-FLEXXX. Personna gives a great shave and it’s half the price on AMZN. And Personna is not evil like Gillette.

Great razor and handle. It is heavy duty and replaces my Gillette Sensor handle I have had for a long time. It finally broke in half and had a lot of rust inside. I am super happy to have found a replacement that accepts the sensor and excel cartridges as they are one of the few types to be able to shave up, down, sideways and be able to get close to nose and lips. So many of today's multi-blade razors don't get the precision closeness as the sensor type blades do. I would highly recommend this handle replacement and it came with one replacement cartridge as a bonus.

Quality product really like the weight and feel!

#1. Way too heavy, #2. Absolutely no grip, #3. Does not contour to face & #4. The blade that it comes with was dull.

I wanted to stick with my Sensor razors. The previous razor and blade set I bought lasted a decade. I just bought replacement blades and stuck it to the back of the holder and I was good. But after 10 years the razor just looked bad. I probably could have used it for a couple more years but just for kicks, I started looking for a replacement. So yeah I started looking at the Harry’s and Dollar Shave club and boy do they overdue the advertising. That’s all it is too. Not saying their razors aren’t any good. Just saying they aren’t any better. AND they stick it to you by making you sign up to auto ship replacement blades! That just shady to me. So as I was looking at a replacement set, I saw this. I read the reviews and most complained that it broke when they dropped it ..... um duh! And one reviewer broke it on his face while shaving? Maybe it was dropped prior? Maybe just shaving too hard .... ouch! I bought it and I’m just going to say I love it. It has some heft to it but its not going to make your hand tire out. I does help with the shave itself though. A nice heavy handle makes for less passes. And I buy the older sensor blades. It’s just 2 or 3 blades (I forget). These razors that have 6 blades and a moister bar?? You realize that if you need 5-6 blades and you pass the same place 2-3 times, that’s 15-18 blades over the same place? That’s called razor burn folks! At least with this, there are less passes needed over the same place. I wasn’t sure about the blade they included. They claim its a sensor blade but it looked different. I just tossed it and attached a real sensor blade. And yes it snaps on perfectly. I wont go as far as to say I look forward to shaving now, but I do know I will be quicker. A nice heft handle with a new blade, whew! What a nice shave!

The sensor handle seems extinct, and my handle has split, so I searched for another. This handle seemed to fit the bill. It is solid, nicely made and well-balanced, and it fits the same blades, which are also getting hard to find. But this one also fits other blades and I hope that I get many years of use from it. Update - 10 months after purchase, one of the tabs holding the blade broke when I was replacing a blade. Can’t use it now, so this goes in the bin. And I go back to my old Gillette handle that, luckily, I kept. The price is very high for less than a year of service.