Thread: Shave ready?

How can a new Dovo be sold as shave ready when the factory seal on the coffin is still intact for the end user(me).Does Dovo send the seal seperate so the vendor can apply it after honing?

The Dovo factory sends the razor out with the ability to shave, but it is not what most would consider a comfortable edge.

There is a video from How Its Made when they toured the Dovo factory.

A factory edge will shave, and can by that be claimed to be shave ready, but that doesn't mean that it is truly shave ready to the grade of a combination of sharpness/smoothness most of us seek.

About the seal I don't know, I've never bought a new Dovo, but if you buy a razor as shave ready from a reputable vendor I have no doubt it will be.

Maybe Lynn will chime in and give an answer about the seal?

Yep seen that episode.What I'm talking about is when the vendor says they've hand honed a factory edge and yet the factory seal is intact.

Dovo seals at the factory. They don't arrange honing with anyone. Dovo warranty is void if anyone but dovo hones the razor. So if the seal is truly intact then it's a factory seal.

Michael

Originally Posted by Edwardd

Yep seen that episode.What I'm talking about is when the vendor says they've hand honed a factory edge and yet the factory seal is intact.

Apologies... I misunderstood your question. With that factory seal intact, either it wasn't re-honed outside of the factory, or someone managed to get into the case without disrupting the seal.

Thanks to all for the input,no I don't believe the razor was re-honed by the vendor.#1 The shave was rough as hell#2The case the razor came in can't be opened without braking the factory seal.

It's realy no big deal,I was not charged for honing,and polishing a factory edge on the 4/8 stone I got from the same vendor was not difficult.I just don't understand what is to be gained by lying about honing the razors you sell?All that will do is discourage new clients,and they'll go back to what they were using.

Edwardd:
Perhaps the reason is a function of marketing. By claiming their razors are "shave ready" (meaning they will cut hair, but not necessarily comfortably) Dovo can go after rookie straight razor users, not necessarily experienced ones. Just my $0.02

Sorry mapleleaf I think you missed something.Dovo didn't do this the vendor here in the U.S.A. did.

Originally Posted by Edwardd

How can a new Dovo be sold as shave ready when the factory seal on the coffin is still intact for the end user(me).Does Dovo send the seal seperate so the vendor can apply it after honing?

Best to ask the vendor. Anyone else can only speculate.