Thread: It Broke :(

Originally Posted by Thunderhorse

So I opened my razor to strop it and as was opening it up it just pulled apart, I didnt use excessive force or anything, it didnt even make a snapping sound anyway Im pretty bummed out! I havent even done my third shave yet!

Has anyone else had this problem with the dovo 6/8 half hollow best quality? It almost looks like the pin was put in to tightly or something along those lines.

Yep, the exact same thing happened to me today. I have the exact same razor and it broke in the exact same place. Frankly speaking, the purchase has not been good. It was supposed to come shave ready and it wasn't. The edge was actually messed up from what effort was put in to it. And now after getting it re-honed, my first shave with it end up with it broken. I know it wasn't the top of the line razor but I feel I should have gotten more than three shaves out of it. For the amount Ill end up spending on the re-honing and fixing, I could have gotten a mich nicer razor. You win some you lose some.

I was really glad to see this particular post come up. For several reasons actually. While I had looked at the “Best Quality” as one of the two possible new razors, I’m afraid that seeing this has really made my mind up. I had always been going to get the “Bismark”, but I think that I’m going to look at something else as a second. It’s also comforting to see Lynn’s reaction since that was where I was planning to get everything.

Here's mine.
It broke in the middle of a shave when I moved the blade to switch grips.

Looks like Dovo need to sort out their QC standards. Or find another supplier of scale material.


Mick

I bought 3 of the exact same razor and they have all been wonderful with no problems whatsoever. I'm surprised because Dovo's are actually quite good razors in spite of the bad press that they get. SRD will make you 100%.

Dovo must've had a bad batch of the black Best Quality scales. It seems that the black are the only ones breaking.

Just adding my .02 worth to this conversation; I own 2 Dovo "Best Quality" razors, a 5/8" and a 6/8". I have been using them for more than 7 months now, rotating with another Dovo. I haven't had the least bit of trouble from any of these razors.
I agree with the other men who feel it is simply a bad batch of scales which made their way to Dovo from the vendor. It is sad that QC/QA at 2 companies failed to catch the problem!
I'm sure we all here at SRP are not so arrogant as to believe that every wet shaver on the planet is member of our unique group. We would only be guessing at how big the problem truly is, unless of course one of our members is involved with Dovo at the factory level.
I hope for Dovo's sake that they get the issue resolved quickly. Things like this have a tendancy to hurt reputations in a hurry. Or does this all fall under the heading of "You get what you pay for?"

Originally Posted by Theseus

Dovo must've had a bad batch of the black Best Quality scales. It seems that the black are the only ones breaking.

Are these scales injection molded? Injection molders will sometime throw material no longer needed into black batches. The extra stuff may not have the same properties as the spec'd product.

That other one was three years old and it was probably George Bush's fault that it broke.

THIS one is a new one, I wonder WHO we can blame this one on.