Thread: First straight razor shave...

My razor is a Dovo 5/8 half hollow. Bought it new and had it sent to Max Sprecher for honing. It's sharp enough, I'm sure the problem lies in my inexperience and technique.

Originally Posted by JButler

My razor is a Dovo 5/8 half hollow. Bought it new and had it sent to Max Sprecher for honing. It's sharp enough, I'm sure the problem lies in my inexperience and technique.

the 5/8 dovo is a good razor and when Max hones a razor you can split adams. it takes a little time to learn all the ins and outs to using a straight razor so don't give up your over the hump now that you've started. all that's left is learn the technique. it's a lot of fun

I use 2 spine widths for WTG, 1 spine widths for XTG. I don't need a third pass, but touchups I do with the spine nearly on my face.