Thread: Dovo Best Quality 6/8" Straight Razor Help

Hi guys. I bought a Dovo Best Quality 6/8" straight razor from Amazon.

Prior to this, I bought a "shave ready" GD 208 which after some elbow grease and lots of reading I was able to sharpen when it became necessary. I used some 1000/6000 grit stones along with some Chinese stones 3000/10000 grit. I know Norton 4000/8000 are the preferred approach though.

Anyhow, the new Dovo was sharp, but after trying it, it was no where near as effective as my GD 208 and decided to sharpen it. Unfortunately, I was not very successful. Interestingly, the Dovo does seem to pass the "hair test", but it just doesn't seem to cut my facial hair and gives me quite a bit of irritation (unlike my GD 208).

One thing I noticed is that the tang has jimps on the top. This made me suspect that this is not a real Dovo, but a fake. Based on what I've seen the Dovo Best Quality 6/8" does not have jimps on the top of the tang (have seen this only on more expensive models such as the Dovo Special - 1516580):



Here is another picture of the Dovo in question next to my not so pretty GD 208:



I don't have that much experience with straight razors to tell if the Dovo I got is fake or not. All I can say is that it seems to scratch easy. It also seems to get pretty sharp, but it doesn't seem to be able to remove hair off my face. Possible it's just unable to hold the edge. To me it seems as if the steel is too soft.

I also noticed that compared to my GD 208, this Dovo does not slide as smoothly on my strop.

I'm not trying to shill GD 208s or anything of the sort. I really appreciate a well build, great preforming straight razor. So any guidance as to whether I got a fake or I'm just not using proper technique with my Dovo would be greatly appreciated.