Originally Posted by
McVeyMac
Thanks for all of your great advice regarding this Jimmy. I have probably honed my Dovo about 8 times, attempting to make it better at each stage. I have it shaving really well now where it appears to cut hair and not skin. It is very forgiving of my rookie mistakes where I think there will be highlights in red, but it does not cut the skin readily. However the shaves that I have been getting are the first 98% + BBS shaves that I've gotten with a straight. I finished this one on an Apache Strata stone. I have heard this description of "cuts hair, not skin" wrt Coticules, bet never with the Strata. At any rate, I want to enjoy the Dovo for a while before I take it back to the stones, and I have two $10.00 Gold Dollars coming to serve as my practice razors.
I currently have three to four finishing options. A Naniwa 12K SS, a Black Surgical Ark and the Apache Strata. Not sure what I will ultimately end up liking the best, but right know the Strata has the nod.