Thread: New dovo won't shave comfortably.

Yup, it will only get better, stropping technique and a quality strop will improve your shaves. Most folks take a year or so before their stropping is improving their edges.

So, a year from now your shaves will be vastly better, even if you did not buy any more equipment and just mastered what you have.

Originally Posted by Dramadon3151

One more question as well.

I'm thinking about getting a Japanese natural finisher, but I don't really know what I'm looking for. I keep seeing level 4, level 5...etc. I'd like a fast cutting finisher that makes great edges, but not over the top sharp....moderately aggressive edges I guess. Is it possible to be that picky about a finisher or am I getting crazy?

With a patient & helpful seller you can try a number of stones to achieve what you want, returning the rejects.
However you also need the skills to achieve what you want.

Originally Posted by Dramadon3151

That was one thing I noticed.it seemed like the blade was wanting to flex with the least pressure. So much so that the middle part of the bevel widened more then the rest with minimal pressure!

That's not a shoulderless blade on the hone problem- maybe shoulderless blade in manufacturing problem- leading t hone problems. I have a bismarck- it is the last dovo I plan to ever buy. bevel and spine poorly ground at the factory, spine/blade warped. I fixed it in short work and it is a flawless shaver now. But it was very upsetting in a new blade. Check that blade for bend if the middle is sharpening more- and don't use any slurry on those stones. Just getting rid of the slurry might resolve your problem. If it's pooled in the middle, then that without a bend could wear heavier. Spend more time on the finish stones than at the beginning.

Originally Posted by Dramadon3151

I'm using shapton 1k, thru 15k then stropping.
I don't have anything to magnify, yet. I'll be getting something soon tho. I do use the thumb nail test for checking the bevel and have been doing that since day one and it seemed fine and complete, but I think I may have over done it on my finisher, or ruined it with the strop. I'll take a couple photos in just a sec, but my camera isn't great

Ok, so my small illuminated scope came today....what exactly am I looking for on the edge?

Originally Posted by Dramadon3151

Ok, so my small illuminated scope came today....what exactly am I looking for on the edge?

On a bevel set, you're looking for nothing on the edge. Just a clean meeting of 2 sides as in pic.

A finished edge should look fairly similar tho more polished.
The shave test alone will tell you if it's a good edge in spite of visuals

Notice the straightness of Onamiru’s edge and the even stria pattern.

Take another look at “Second Try at Honing” post 32, last and second to last photo show a fully set bevel looking straight down on the edge. There are many good micrographs of bevels and edges in that post.

Originally Posted by Dramadon3151

Hi guys, I need some tips. So I bought a new dovo and sty the bevel and went thru my progression and then killed the edge and started all the way back over.

What do you mean by "sty the bevel?"

Originally Posted by Dramadon3151

Just learning sly the jointing maneuver has improved my finish by leaps and bounds.

What do you mean by "sly the jointing maneuver?"

Originally Posted by Utopian

What do you mean by "sly the jointing maneuver?"

I wanna know that too! My guess is, it's an autocorrect fail.

Originally Posted by Utopian

What do you mean by "sty the bevel?"

LOL :-D Missed this one and now I'm laughing out loud while queueing in the bank.