Thread: And down the slope I go

Just ordered the Dovo 5/8 w/ the bone handle and a Russian leather stop, already have a couple brushes. Does anyone have experience with the sharpness of the blades coming from Classic? The say they are pre-sharpened but I have read the posts regarding whether they will actually be shave ready. I figured I would try to stop it first then send it for a good edge if it's not adequate. I will order a Norton stone next.

I read a post regarding straight razors on th cigar forum "Club Stogi" I have always wanted to get into using a straight razorso decided to take the plunge!

You can give it a whirl after stropping but do not be surprised if it pulls unacceptably. Sometimes, a person may get extremely lucky, but in general, there is no such as a shave-ready razor. You need to get it honed by one of our honemeisters or bring the edge up to speed yourself.

Classic does offer a honing service for an extra $20.

I don't have much experience with buying razors from ClassicShaving. I took the plunge and got everything I thought I'd need and it turned out to be almost a month of tinkering before I could get a shave out of my razor.

Recently though, a friend of mine ordered the Timor Blue Steel razor and it was advertised as "presharpened." He had been shaving with a Dovo Shavette as a training wheels razor and once he recieved the Timor he stropped it up a little and said he about chopped his face off, a lot sharper than the Shavette blades.

I know a lot of their stuff is advertised as shave ready, but if it said pre-sharped or something like that, you may be in for a treat!

Unless you buy the honing service the razor will be no sharper or duller than one from any other vender.

Welcome aboard !!!!
BTW promise me that if that DOVO shaves well after just stropping that you immediately go out and buy a lottery ticket

Hope it goes well......

I just received my new bismarck in the mail from Lynn, and I'll say this, it's a sight sharper than I could have gotten it. I'll take it on its maiden voyage tomorrow. Gives me something to strive for when I acquire some honing gear.

I thought that Classic Shaving have Lynn hone a number of popular razors so that they have them sitting in stock as shave ready. I think this is to reduce the time lag of ordering a standard razor which is not shave ready and then it having to be sent to Lynn for sharpening.

If in doubt send an e-mail to Classic for confirmation.

I purchased 2 razors from classic recently that were advertised as presharpned, a DOVO ebony 5/8 spike point, and a Timor "Hamburg Ring" 5/8. Both razors in fact did come presharpned as advertised. Wonderful shavers. I must say as well doing business with classic was very easy and straight forward. I am very pleased with the results of this purchase.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Unless you buy the honing service the razor will be no sharper or duller than one from any other vender.

It seems that they are prehoning some of their razors now, and not having it as an add on extra.

Makes sense, gets razors out to people faster.

Thanks for the responses, I will post again later with an update. I emailed Classic and they said they send razors advertised as pre-sharpened to a "honing specialist" before they are shipped so, we will see.