I purchased a Dovo shave ready from a highly reputable vendor and I'm curious about sharpness. Yes, I'm fairly new at this, so obviously technique and such would be the place to look if there were problems. I don't particularly have a problem though, I'm just curious how sharp a straight razor should be? Compared to a double edge blade perhaps? It seems that a double edged blade is several orders of magnitude sharper than the razor I bought shave ready. Both will shave just fine, but there truly is a big difference in sharpness.

Is that the norm? Are straights a tad less sharp than double edged blades? No real complaint though, I have a shavette-type that accepts 1/2 double edge blades and I have to be super careful or it will cut me to shreds. Whereas the Dovo is much, much more forgiving - yet requires an extra pass.

So the question: Are double edge blades sharper than professionally honed straight razors?

Thanks Gents!