Thread: Dovo 25 Fritz Bracht 11/16

Hi guys,
saw this vintage Dovo on ebay about a week ago and I was attracted instantly by this razor. I won the auction and began restoration this afternoon and evening.
Spend about the whole afternoon and evening (just finished it) to restore it.
It's a vintage Dovo 25 Fritz Bracht 11/16 (1 mm under 6/8) with spike point.
Note: this is a restoration for my collection and is not for sale.


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After:






The razor is not pinned yet, I used a litle screw to tighten it up.

I'm still wondering if I'm going to gold plate the tang of the razor (original it had gold on the tang) or not, that's why it's not pinned yet.
Thought I would share this nice Dovo with you guys (I LOVE Dovo's and certainly the vintage ones). I have a vintage Dovo 1516 also, but I'm still searching for a set of Dovo tortoise imitation scales for the 6/8 blade. So if anyone has a nice set or knows where to find them, please let me know.

Dimitry

What did you use?

Originally Posted by Kees

What did you use?

I sanded the blade, then buffed and polished.

Originally Posted by Dimitry

I sanded the blade, then buffed and polished.

What grit sandpaper did you use? I have never sanded a blade before, just polished with Maas and a dremel and accepted the best job it could do.

Very nice job considering all the spider rust on that one.

I would be interested as well to see if any of the stuff left near the spine comes back.

Have fun

Beautiful restore. It looks like a million bucks. Truely fantastic work.

Stu

Originally Posted by Dimitry

I sanded the blade, then buffed and polished.

Did you sand it by hand, or by drill/Dremel? What grit?

How did you buff and polish? Just looks remarkable to me! I really haven't been interested in doing this to a razor, but the job you did makes me want to ask!

That looks beautiful. I am looking to buy one of these razors, I found one but I fear it might not be a real DOVO on the reverse sde of blade it reads "Stahlwaren-Herbst Wiesbaden" and not fritz or doov? Any thoughts on if this is legit?

I think I had some celluloid rot after a meal of 3 bean chili and beer last week. My razors are OK, but it had an adverse effect on my relationship.

Nice save, and very nice razor.