Thread: DOVO factory sharp, what now?

Hello oyvihaug, i live in Stokke, not very far from Porsgrunn, if you want to you can drop by and i could show you some honing and stropping,just send me a pm if you're interested.

I 've seen two brand new Dovos recently. One of them is mine and it shaved very well with its factory edge. The other one belongs to a friend and it didn't shave without heavy pulling right out the box.
Either way, when such a factory sharpened razor receives its first real honing, that would require a bit of extra work, because the bevel needs to be reset. To prevent hone wear while sharpening a new razor at the factory, they lift the spine of the sharpening stone, which leads to an unknown bevel angle that needs to be replaced by a normal bevel, created with the razor flat on the hone. It's a bit of extra work, but with a good set of instructions and the right set of hones it is not that difficult. My newbie friend managed to do it on his very first attempt.
If you want I can lend you a shaveready Henckels Friodur, for as long as it takes you to figure out how to hone your Dovo. I 'm in Belgium. Don't know what it would cost to send it to Norway, but it can't be that much. Just PM me if your interested.

Good luck,
Bart.

I tried my second open razor shave today. It was awful... Razor burns and pulling of hair. Whatever I did yesterday I think only made the blade more dull, or maby I am doing something compleately wrong.

I will start to learn how to sharpen and hone. Hopefully I will stop by Terje or someone else in a short while, and they will send me in the right direction PM sent to Terje and Bart

This place is full of helpfull people

Thanks for all the help

Øyvind

Check out these threads for more info:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=16283

http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=16060

Sandy

You will find Lynn's DVD helpful as well as the interactive straight razor shaving guide on Badger and Blade, it 'll give you a lot of info on the various hones available including a personal rating by Joel who put the guide together.