Thread: Razor burn, weepers, best practice

Gentlemen, appreciate your assistance. My last annoyance came last week and the razor was one I got brand new at a great price. The Stainless steel Dovo Grenadille 6/8. just to set the scene. I have been straight shaving for 4 years, HAD and RAD are embedded in my soul! I have say 40 razors,a lot of my terrific razors vintage Dorkos etc have been cotton wooled and I for daily use have about 12 to keep the rotation edges ticking along nicely. Back to the Dovo Grenadille. This razor was trouble! I used one layer of tape for no other reason than cosmetic. Followed my time tested usual technique. As it was brand new I gently used a 20k gokumyo to see if the brand new edge only needed a little coaxing to get to shave testing. NO, I won't bore you but I swear tape off, tape on, this razor took a few sessions, some over an hour to get this razor to where I would hand it to a friend to shave with. So to respond to the harsh shave suggestion, this Dovo may be the catalyst to the Harsh razor weeper. That bloody Stainless razor, you know, I hate a razor to beat me, so it stays in the rotation, gets a crox hit before leather. I've even risked my health by hand stropping! Don't buy one unless you are a masochist, dead set they're bad news.
Cheers fellas, Bob, Today I'm using a Thiers Issard 7/8 Bijou de France. Which took a half hour to set a new bevel, polish and it is beautiful a lovely razor.....