Thread: Dovo’s honing method

I just received a Dovo that was only used a few times without success by the previous owner.

I’m not surprised he had problems getting a good shave with that razor. It had a significant frown in the center 3/4 of the blade.

Based on the number of incidents of this kind of quality control issue with Dovos reported on this forum alone, I would not purchase a Dovo straight razor from a reseller who was not also an accomplished honer and guaranteed the razor to be shave ready before it left his shop.

It is ironic that the Dovo packaging includes a warning about how to care for the razor with an assertion that the edge should last for months with careful stropping.