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    Well much to my surprise my first shave went well, no Knicks! Not one. Well I went WTG but it's a start. But in that lies my problem, hence the title of this thread. My dovo turned my fingertips yellow!! It's a gold spines razor but my friend says his dovos don't do that?? It was purchased from straight razor design. Any help?

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    That's a strange one. Maybe some preservative on the razor if it was the first time you used it. If it keeps up contact SRD.
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    Does the gold wash on the blade appear to be undamaged????

    Is it possible that you had some chemical on your hands that could have removed some of it?? Metal polish for ex?

    I have a gold washed Dovo Bismarck, and the gold didn't come off until I intentionally removed it.
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    Try washing your hands with ivory or dawn dish soap before you touch the gold plating next shave, if it doesn't come off it could be the oils in your skin. Some people can tarnish gold, silver, nickel, and nickel silver by just touching it and letting the oils from their skin dry onto the metal (me being one of them). If it's still doing it during the shave (be sure to check after your first and second passes), then the electro plating at the plant may not have taken correctly for numerous reasons, one being if that part of the blade was touched bare handed before going into the chemical bath...biiiiiig no no!
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