I tried shaving with a Sheffield razor a year or two ago, but didn't have a hone and probably had poor stropping technique. Anyways, whenever I used it, it took me a long time each shave, I could never do an XTG pass and my shaves weren't that great, maybe DFS, and my face felt raw. So I sold it and decided to stick with my Merkur HD and focus on experiencing colognes, creams, soaps and brushes.

Someone told me that I would get the itch to try it again. A year later, I did!. Last week I received my new Dovo Best Quality 6/8 (blonde) razor from thesuperiorshave.com and on Saturday morning I went for my first shave with it. I'm not sure if they come "shave ready" from him because I did feel some slight pulling (I had 2+ days growth) but got a pretty good shave with only 2 passes. I'm excited to get back into this again and look forward to having a nice collection of Dovo razors.

Now, I just need to learn to strop my razor and figure out the paste and honing enigmas.