Product Overview

The Parker PTW is a push type barber razor with a white plastic handle and a stainless steel blade arm. It takes an ordinary double edge blade snapped in half, and it arrives with five half blades.

It is the same razor as the black handled PTB in the traditional barbershop white. The blade sits on a carrier that pushes into the head rather than being folded under a clip arm, which is quicker to load once the action is familiar.

At 6.4 in it shares the longest reach in the Parker barber range with the PTB.

Key Features

• ✓ Push type blade carrier, quick to load and unload
• ✓ White plastic handle, stainless steel blade arm
• ✓ Takes any double edge blade, snapped in half
• ✓ 5 half double edge blades included
• ✓ Weight 1.7 oz, length 6.4 in
• ✓ Traditional barbershop white finish

What Is Included

• ✓ Parker PTW straight barber razor
• ✓ 5 half double edge blades

The five blades are supplied loose in the box and are not fitted in the razor, so load a blade before the first shave.

Product Specifications

How This Barber Razor Works

A barber razor of this kind is not a traditional hollow ground straight razor. Nothing is honed or stropped. You snap an ordinary double edge blade in half and load one half into the head, which gives you a fresh, genuinely sharp edge every time for the price of half a blade.

On a push type the half blade slides onto a carrier that pushes into the head, rather than being folded under a clip arm. It is quicker to load once you know the action, and there is no arm to spring open, but the blade has to be seated fully home before you start.

Who This Razor Is Best For

Weight and Shaving Feel

The PTW weighs 1.7 oz and measures 6.4 in, identical to the black PTB. Length gives you reach without weight, so the razor stays easy on the wrist through a long session, and the plastic handle keeps the balance towards the head where the work happens.

How a razor feels is subjective and varies from one shaver to another. Beard type, blade choice, lather and technique all affect the result, so treat these descriptions as a general guide rather than a promise about your own shave.

Getting the Best from Your Razor

1. Prepare the skin first. Many shavers find a hot shower or a warm damp towel before the shave makes a difference.
2. Build lather with a shave soap or cream. A shave brush lifts the hair and spreads the lather more evenly.
3. Let the razor do the work and apply very little pressure. Hold the head at a shallow angle to the skin rather than pressing it flat.
4. Take the first pass with the grain, then reduce further on later passes if you want to.
5. Rinse the head under running water between passes rather than tapping the razor on the sink.
6. Change the blade once it starts to feel rough or drag. Blade life varies between individuals.

Care and Storage

Rinse the razor under warm running water after every shave and shake the water off. Open the head and rinse underneath it as well, because lather and cut hair collect there more than anywhere else on the razor.

Remove the blade before you put the razor away, and never store it with a blade loaded. Rinse the head and the handle, dry them, and keep the razor somewhere dry and open to the air. Stainless steel resists rust well but a blade left in a damp razor will mark the head.

Keep unused blades dry and stored in their original packaging. Place used blades in a sealed Razor Blade Bank or another puncture-resistant container. Never place loose blades directly in household trash.

Shipping and Returns

Ships fast from Montreal, Canada. Free shipping in Canada on orders $49+.

See our Shipping Policy and Return & Refund Policy for full details.

Frequently Asked Questions