Well I recently bought a second straight from whippeddog.com. I figured not only would it be a good idea to have a and second razor but also I wanted to see what it shaved like. If it shaved great than I had jacked up my dovo from incorrect stropping. If it also didn't shave good than clearly my lack of skill was the issue (a very good possibility). So when I shaved with my razor from whipped dog, which definitely looked questionable, it was awesome. The hair just popped right off my face. The good news is my shaving skills wasn't the problem, although I do have some areas I need to work on. The bad news is I have to send my three week old razone in to get honed. At first I thought my stropping technique was the culprit for my dull razor and it still might be a contributing factor but I read a post on one of the forums about new razors have a sticker that if unbroken, means it was never honed, merely factory sharpened. My dovo case had such a sticker. So whether it was inexperienced stropping or factory dullness. I still have to get it honed...anyone recommend a good honemeister?