Thread: Brand new Boker razor, terrible?

Hey guys, how are you?

I am a big Dovo fan, but decided to give Boker a try. I bought the Tree Brand canvas micarta razor.
It cost me about 120 + bran new from an authorized dealer, in which I have been buying from for years.

Razor arrived today, I opened all the factory seals and was very excited!
Upon inspecting the razor, the first thing I noticed is wow... there is NO edge on it at all. It was hardly ground. Edge does not even catch my fingernail!

Also to my extreme disappointment, not only is the hollow grinding really slight, but the bevel does not even come close to sitting flat on a hone! not even close. Its about as bad as my chinese ZY razor I got for 8 dollars.

Its a half hollow, I thought it was supposed to be a full hollow razor but perhaps I was in correct. The edge portion beyond the hollow grinding is SO THICK!
I don't think I will ever buy a boker again. Here is some pics: has anyone else noticed this with bran new bokers?


Should I even bother honing this thing? I wonder if I can return it.