Page 4 of 4 FirstFirst 1234
Results 31 to 33 of 33
Like Tree31Likes

Thread: is this Dovo razor deficient?

  1. #31
    Senior Member rodb's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2008
    Location
    Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
    Posts
    2,943
    Thanked: 433

    Default

    Also check for a frown by holding the razor edge down on a known flat surface and see if you can see light under the blade. I have seen a new Dove Best Quality with that issue

  2. #32
    Member razornut's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Posts
    66
    Thanked: 11

    Default

    I hope you don't mint me saying but I agree it looks like someone has been at that blade with a bench grinder, not literally but it's pretty bad sorry :-(
    Using Tapatalk

  3. #33
    Senior Member entropy1049's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2013
    Location
    Riverview, FL
    Posts
    787
    Thanked: 202

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Chevhead View Post
    Honing is not difficult until you have a problem...
    Nailed it. It's easy to fall prey to the insidious and deceptive nature of our sweet little straight razors. There's only like what, two moving parts? ()

    There are volumes of reasons why traditionally, it was only the very accomplished and talented cutlers who attempted razor manufacture. When everything works, it's dead nuts simple. When one small factor goes awry, showstopping complications are the result.

    I remember a buddy of mine years ago who had gone native over golf. He was waxing poetically and said (I'm paraphrasing here...) "you've got a thousand things to consider in performing the perfect stroke but only one shot to execute it when you drive the ball. Arnold Palmer got it right every time, and as a result, anybody who ever watched ABC's Wide World of Sports thinks golfing is an unskilled pastime."

    Guilty.

    I discovered two distinct phases in my first attempts to develop the skill to hone my own razors:

    1) "Hey, this is a snap! As a result of my keen new found skill at honing, my minty new old stock Dubl Duck #1 is shave ready! BRING ON THE RESTOS!"

    Followed soon after by things like:

    2) Why does my bevel look like an EKG blip? What the hell have I done here? THIS worked LAST time! Nothing is working the way it should...where's my hairshirt...

    The lesson I learned was, at the first sign of trouble, when my solid fundamental "tools" (knowledge and skill) are failing, scream out for help before I do damage.
    Last edited by entropy1049; 09-06-2014 at 09:33 PM.
    BobH, Substance and tcrideshd like this.
    !! Enjoy the exquisite taste sharpening sharpening taste exquisite smooth. Please taste the taste enough to ride cutlery.
    Mike

Page 4 of 4 FirstFirst 1234

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •