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i recieved a DOVO immitation mother of pearlnot to long ago. it was a gift from my girlfriend but she doesnt know if they honed it before they bought it. i think she got it from excaliber cutlery and it says it comes shave ready. i shaved with it and my experience wasnt the best. i felt a lot of pulling and tugging. what could be wrong?
Did they hone it or is it the factory edge?
Assuming you have the whole stropping and lathering thing down pat, I would send it to someone here on the forums and have it honed to shave ready, just to be sure.
the website says its shave ready. it was honed and stropped before it was sent. if i were to strop it correctly...would it make a big difference or a little?Quote:
Originally Posted by nun2sharp
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Originally Posted by sharphands619
Big difference! Bad or no stropping can make a previously good shavin' razor a useless piece of metal.
On the other side, good stropping can't do much to improve a bad edge...
I bet its a factory edge or your stropping.
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Originally Posted by joke1176
hmmm. im pretty sure im stropping correctly. i do the 20 on linen and 50 on leather. whose the go-to guy to get my cut throat rehoned?
I can do it. PM sent!
By this you mean that you have other razors and have not had the same problem, correct? Just to make sure. I recently bought two identical razors that were shave ready. One shaves well and the other does not, presumably the honing on one was better than the other. Now that we cleared the stropping, unless there is a defect on the edge, I would agree that it has to be the honing.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharphands619
Al raz.
if i had to guess i would say its a factory edge usually it will have a sticker on it saying it has been professionaly honed