Advice on identifying original razor

Hi,

Greetings from Jakarta!

This is my first SR purchase. It's difficult to find Dovo products here.
I managed to find a seller online but I am not sure if he has original goods or not.

Can anyone please advice?

Here are the pictures
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Thanks a lot.

It certainly looks real to me.

Looks real to me. I can't imagine anyone going thru the expense of creating counterfeit razors. Too costly.

Hi and welcome. Looks good to me.

Looks legit but I wouldn't put it past Chinese factories to create knock offs of anything that makes money. Hey lets just take these gold dollars 're do them a little stamp it dovo or whatever and charge half of what dovo does. And for those of you that think this can't be done I dont understand they already copy every product worth having what's a little razor

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Originally Posted by Razorfaust

Looks legit but I wouldn't put it past Chinese factories to create knock offs of anything that makes money. Hey lets just take these gold dollars 're do them a little stamp it dovo or whatever and charge half of what dovo does. And for those of you that think this can't be done I dont understand they already copy every product worth having what's a little razor

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Lay off, the guy has a nice razor, don't pee in his Wheaties!
~Richard

Looks Original to me, have seen many of them (and similar ones) on different Flea Markets around Solingen and on german Ebay (maybe not visible for international Users). The Gold Wash and the Etching looks good and fine made, the Box is made of Plastic and one of the Later Boxes that had been made since the early 80s i guess. The Made in W. Germany is maybe an indicator for a pre 1991 Razor but it could be that Dovo used the W. Germany up to the mid 90s or longer. The Scales are just the simple Dovo Plastic Scales like they use even today on their standard Razor.
Its a good Razor, im sure after its honed well, you will be satisfied with it :-)

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Originally Posted by Razorfaust

Looks legit but I wouldn't put it past Chinese factories to create knock offs of anything that makes money. Hey lets just take these gold dollars 're do them a little stamp it dovo or whatever and charge half of what dovo does. And for those of you that think this can't be done I dont understand they already copy every product worth having what's a little razor

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Please show me one fake razor. Anywhere. Ever. The thought comes up now and again, but no reason to believe any ever existed has (as far as I know).

You have a point there I was speaking more in terms of if it could be done and was profitable it will be done as it was with everything from gibson guitars to Rolex watches. Just take a walk down canal street holli

I hear what you're saying, and I think that the only reason guys worry about "fake" razors is because there are "fakes" of other items. But I do believe it is important to say that there are no fake razors, unless anyone has ever seen one, to help remove those doubts in the first place. In other words, the OP need never have worried, as far as I know, because there has never been a fake razor, as far as I know.

Thank you all for your advice.

Update:
From pictures it certainly looks original to me, though a vintage one. The seller is not sure about it's originality.
I will give it a try anyway as the price is cheap.

Thanks a lot.

Looks like a good razor to me.
Hone it up and shave with it.
About half the Dovo razors are shave ready out of the box. More than
half need a bit of work setting the bevel because the factory lifts the
spine a bit to make the product look nicer. If the spine has no evidence
of being set on a hone you will find that a layer or two of tape will help.

Nice razor.