I bought the same razor as my first from the same site. Now I only have a dovo to compare it to. But i think its sort of a stronger metal. Case i hit it on the tap a bunch of times. and my friend dropped it on a sidewalk once and from a bunch of beginner abuse it only has two or three real "nicks" on it. Im gald i had gotten it becasue if it was dovo that i have now, I probly would have broken it.