Not sharp enough?

[Stuggi]

I just ordered a Dovo, and I've tried shaving with it twice. First time it tugged quite a lot on my whiskers, and I cut myself about 10 times. So yesterday I gave 50-100 laps on my yellow coticule w/ water, and stropped it 25-50 times. After that I let it rest until todays morning when I shaved with it (no stropping before that), 2 nicks, mainly (I think) by me getting carried away and putting the edge against my skin first instead of putting the spine against my face first and then tilting it until I get the correct angle. It also seem to tug a bit less today.

Anyway, would the laps I did on the coticule be enough. It feels damn sharp on the TPT, but I'm a noob so I don't know... I have a shaveready razor incomming from gugi, so hopefully that will sort me out nice and proper, until that I'm gonna get some Gillette Swedes DE blades and do the TPT on them to compare...

[Stuggi]

Here are some other things I've written about my initial experience in other threads;

http://straightrazorpalace.com/shave...tml#post313460

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...tml#post313430

[gugi]

I have a shaveready razor incomming from gugi

I guess this may be a good time to immortalize that razor, so here you go for all peeps out there

[Stuggi]

Nice, did you get it in the post already btw?

[randydance062449]

Just two points to make...

1. Strop just before each shave for 30-50 roundtrip laps. Not the nite before.

2. I doubt that your razor is sharp enough from that little bit on the coticule. Wait and compare it to the one that is in the mail.



Just my $.02,

[Stuggi]

Right now it feels as if it gets sharper every time I strop it, but I still need to improve my technique so I can do it without nicking the stop (cheapest leather only Dovo strop).

[hoglahoo]

Right now it feels as if it gets sharper every time I strop it

My suggestion is that you keep stropping it until you can no longer notice any improvement to the razor. You may be pleased with the resulting shaves!