Hello All,

Long time lurker, first time poster

I have, hopefully, a quick question/comment. I bought a new Dovo about 6 months ago (cheapest, white plastic handle, 5/8 - I think...). It now needs a hone, and I bought a Norton 4k/8k combo stone after reading some posts from the group. My father-in-law gave me his grandfather's (!) old Bengall 3/4 to practice on and things went really well - I'm shaving with this now.

However, I've noticed that the Dovo is taking considerably longer to sharpen than the Bengall. I'm thinking (hoping) this is just a matter of the different carbon compositions of the two blades, but I'm not sure. Does anyone have any experience sharpening Dovos?