I am drawing a couple of conclusions from what I heard so far:

1) They definately did NOT contract their razors out to Dovo.
2) Honing the Satinedge and replacing the warped scales with SS Dovos that I'm beginning to like again cost less (for the blade/scales/hardware), took less time and produced better results.
3) If the blade is chipping easily, then we may have some problem with the steel itself. Maybe the hardening process?

Bill would be your best bet for recommendations in that department.