New member here. Been lurking for a while.

I been using my Trak II and Weishi DE with Personna blades w/o any problems and achieve baby butt smooth shaves consistently and quickly with them. I get more fun with the DE though. The blades/cartridges for these solutions are pretty inexpensive, and so are the handles. My interest in straight razors is therefore not due to performance or price. I just love to shave with straight razors because to me they are way more fun.

About 6 years ago I purchased a $17 shavette with 300 Derby blades, and learned to shave with it. I got very mediocre results with it and quite a bit of irritation, so I gave up on it after quite a few months of trying. A few months ago I gave a professionally modified and honed GD 208 a try. It is by no means a looker, and it has some geometry issues (as in the tang is not uniform and it opens the flimsy scales as I open the blade). But it works great and was able to sharpen it a few times.

I decided to buy a Dovo Best Quality 6/8" from Amazon after my positive experience with the GD 208. Unfortunately my experience with it has not been very positive, and I feel I probably got a fake. I will post some place else more about this for guidance.

I love straight razor shaving stuff and I'm here to learn. Cheers!