Newbie Shaver - Dovo Special Tortoise 5/8
good morning!
Today was my first real shave with a straight.
I purchased a Dovo Special 5/8 from Straight Razor Designs which arrived last night.
I prepped in the shower with some Real Shaving Company cream hand lathered while I showered, and then whipped up some JM Fraser's - the slickest cream I have.
The Dovo s razor is sweet! I stropped it 20 laps before using it, and the thumb pad test had a distinct 'stickiness' to it.. I think its pretty darn sharp.
I expected it to glide through the stubble like a knife through butter - which it did not do - but that's probably my fault for angle issues etc. It was pretty smooth, but a bit of pulling / grabbing on the first pas especially. I tried to switch hands for the left side of my face, but it feels so awkward, I will need to work on that - I ended up uising my right (dominant) hand for the whole shave.
I completed two full passes with no blood, but a stubbly shave. I used a a Merkur HD with Gillette Sharpedge to do one clean-up pass.
My chin is SO difficult.... LOTS of grabbing and pulling - the angles are really weird, and I see much practice required to get that area of my face shaved correctly.
Overall, a great experience.
In the words of the Monkees: "....now I'm a believer..." I won't be selling all of my DE collection... just most of it :)
Barry