I agree with you and don't buy newly made razors any more. It's happened to be twice, shoddy scales and an imperfection with the blade. When complaining to vendors who sold these razors to me I was accused of looking at a razor as a piece of "jewelry" or "a work of art" and that this was a recent point of view. I was told to ignore it and accept the razor as a tool with imperfections. Yes, they are tools but it seems to me that razors today cost alot more than they used to (even when taking into account inflation etc) and ironically the quality of workmanship has declined dramatically... Anyway, a little ramble but in short I'll never buy a Wacker, Newly made Dovo, TI or even Livi when I have the option of buying something vintage that was made better as well as shaves better and is probably alot cheaper.