Thread: The Prussian Statesman, von Bismarck.

Thank you so much for the info ! I used my new Ralf Aust 5/8" this morning and OMG what an awesome shave, I am so addicted ! Don't they make a solution to make your beard grow so I can shave again today ! LOL

That razor is BEAUTIFUL ! ^

yeah just 1 layer, till you get the hang of the spine, Those file marks can have sharp corners, and it would be a shame to mark a good strop.

The tape itself doesn't matter. You'll see when you get it that at the wrong angle they have a fair bit of an edge to them The gold wash is good on the dovo, so your not going to damage it with the tape.

The other thing I have to watch on my dovo is the bottom of the tang under the pin. There is a little spot that sits inside the scales that likes to get a rust spot.

OK - THANK YOU SO MUCH ! I have razor oil, I will be very careful !

This is all 3 together, I'm going to ask a mod if they can edit the first picture to use this image. It looks a lot better than that blurry dirty image that's there atm.

Absolutely beautiful !

My Bismarck after the damaged, melted edge of the one of the plastic scales was replaced in blonde horn. The old scales were the plastic ones with the inlay, not the nice wooden ones in the other models.

Using my Bismarck today !

Originally Posted by Stretch10

Using my Bismarck today !

Wow - those scales are nice!! Did you replace the old ones with the MOP or was that original? Very nice!!!

I have noticed a Dovo that is very similar to the Bismarck. In fact identical bar a few cosmetic differences.

Dovo ‘La Forme’ razor

From what I can see it is the Bismarck without the tang stamp, Gold wash, and file work. I'm going to see if I can pick one up at some point this year for a comparison. It's also a little cheaper.




Those scales are original Phrank, There is a red scale with MOP inlay, Black with MOP inlay, Fully black, And fully MOP. There may be others as well as Dovo seem to like adding minor revisions to this razor.