Quote Originally Posted by celticcrusader View Post
Hi Andreas, there are lots on offer out there and I would say to you Dovo are on the lower scale of the better quality German Razors, there Ralf Aust also Revisors own brand are very hard to beat
I'm not adamant on Dovo or even being a German company, so I am open to both of those. However, I still run into the same problem of not knowing the difference between the dozens of razors each company has for sale.

Quote Originally Posted by celticcrusader View Post
so there's two very good starter razors to look at, things that you should be looking out for as a newbie straight razor user are a full hollow grind between 5/8 & 6/8 with a round point.
What makes a razor a "starter razor"? What is the difference between it and a "standard razor" while shaving?