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Hello, gents! I was wondering about the Vintage Dovo Special. Is the current production Dovo Special (upper pic) named after the Vintage one (lower pic)?? Also, does the 400 on the vintage's tang mean anything in particular?? What was so "Special" about the Vintage Special model?? Was it one of Dovo's popular models back in the old days??
Thanks!!
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New Dovo Special
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Vintage Dovo Special
The old Dovo's were truly great razors. The newer ones not so much.
Thank you very much!Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
So far, the biggest difference I've found is the grind. But I'd like to know what others have to say about this particular vintage model.
What is on the back of the vintage one?
Fitz Brach?
Exactly what I was thinking tooQuote:
Originally Posted by stoneandstrop
The Fritz Bracht era Dovos are exceptonal
Yes!! It says Fritz Bracht on the backQuote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
Who was Fritz Bracht? A grinder?
I've been shaving for years with straight razors for year but all of the new production ones (3 Dovos, 3 Bokers and a Wacker Jugnmeister recently) but I'm still learning about vintage razors that's why I'm so insistent these days about info on them. Sorry if I'm PITA sometimes because of this!!
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Spelling error on my part:)
He was the owner of Dovo from 1940 -? razors made during his ownership were considered the best in their history.
Not sure whether I believe that or not. I have a Fritz Bracht that doesn't hold an edge very well. Perhaps because it is so thinly ground in combination with something else.
Looks like he was a grinder also!
https://www.dovo.com/en/ratgeber/sto...-and-solingen/
I have two Fritz's and they are among the best razors I have had. They give really great shaves and hold an edge really well.
Don't have a vintage one, but I do have a new Dovo Special. It came with ~2mm nick on edge near the toe, other than that, it seems to be okay.
Okay, found more issues while I was trying to hone it. The bevels were uneven as the spine was off a bit, not too much but enough to affect the bevel. Was confused on why I could only get half of the edge shave ready, then I inspected the bevels closely and found the bevel on one side was uneven. Had to use a diamond plate the correct the spine. Lessons learned: inspect the geometries carefully before doing any work.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrjin
One more thing forgot to mention: there were probably #800 scratches on the bevel. Initially thought it was just some minor scratches, so first just tried to touch up on 12K, but could not really remove it. Got down to 8K, did not work. 5K did not work neither. Got down 2k, only able to remove most of them. I probably can remove all of them after another 50 laps on 2K stone, but did not bother.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrjin
