Thread: My new dovo, is it ok?

Well I sent classicshaving an email, hopefully I hear back from them.

They said it should be ok.
Course I just closed the blade and the razor edge just hit the scale while it was closing.....
Guess Im sending them another email.
They said if it does it they will readjust it.....
Can someone tell me how you can adjust this?

heres a better pic

Man I would hate for you to mess up a new razor (no offense intended but we don't know where yer skills are at, you haven't told us), the best solution is to send it back to them and get a replacement...
That being reiterated more than once, the other end of the razor(pivot end) from where you are showing us the pics of, is where the problem most likey lies.... Set the razor on the bottom edge, on a flat counter and take a pic from that end, straight on, and you are most likely going to see the problem..... and so will we

You could also send the seller the photo. so they see the razor.
And don't forget to tell then it hit the scale and may have damaged the edge.

And post the photo here as gssixgun suggested.

The blade shouldn't be off center, that's not right, I'd send it back and insist on a replacement.

Don't be surprised that you didn't get a particularly close shave first time around. My experience is that getting a close and nick free shave takes months of practice. Close OR nick free isn't too much of a problem - it's the combination of the two.

Don't rush it, you just have to put up with not so close shaves for a while. When things improve it's that much more rewarding.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Man I would hate for you to mess up a new razor (no offense intended but we don't know where yer skills are at, you haven't told us), the best solution is to send it back to them and get a replacement...
That being reiterated more than once, the other end of the razor(pivot end) from where you are showing us the pics of, is where the problem most likey lies.... Set the razor on the bottom edge, on a flat counter and take a pic from that end, straight on, and you are most likely going to see the problem..... and so will we

Oh I didnt want the solution to try on my own! I just wanted to know what they could possibly do to fix it. Here is a few pics at different angels. Hope these are the type of shots you are talking about.






Thanks for your help and expertise guys.

Hey guys, I've been lurking here for a long time and just registered now to mention that i have the same issue. I just got my own razor on Saturday (Dovo Special Tortoise Shell 6/8), also from classicshaving. I had it sent thru Lynn for honing and when it arrived I noticed this exact same problem. Looking at the blade, it seems like it's ground unevenly on each side. The blade itself seems to be very slightly skewed toward one side of the scales. It just barely misses the scale when it's closed. I've been really careful while opening and closing it to make sure it doesn't hit the side.

I wonder, has Dovo's quality gone down? Part of the reason I got a Dovo in the first place was that I was under the impression they were nearly as good on the low end as they are supposed to be on the high end.

That said, the razor itself shaves pretty well, it's certainly different from the shavette I've been using, so I'll have to get used to it, I imagine.

Originally Posted by lja83

Hey guys, I've been lurking here for a long time and just registered now to mention that i have the same issue. I just got my own razor on Saturday (Dovo Special Tortoise Shell 6/8), also from classicshaving. I had it sent thru Lynn for honing and when it arrived I noticed this exact same problem. Looking at the blade, it seems like it's ground unevenly on each side. The blade itself seems to be very slightly skewed toward one side of the scales. It just barely misses the scale when it's closed. I've been really careful while opening and closing it to make sure it doesn't hit the side.

I wonder, has Dovo's quality gone down? Part of the reason I got a Dovo in the first place was that I was under the impression they were nearly as good on the low end as they are supposed to be on the high end.

That said, the razor itself shaves pretty well, it's certainly different from the shavette I've been using, so I'll have to get used to it, I imagine.

Yeah, this dovo I got is also unevenly ground, but I didnt think that was as huge a deal, Ive seen many pics of blades that look unevenly gground.

I was looking out for that in EricSS's second photo, but the blade is out of focus.

[quote=l I wonder, has Dovo's quality gone down? Part of the reason I got a Dovo in the first place was that I was under the impression they were nearly as good on the low end as they are supposed to be on the high end. [/quote]

This is a definite misconception. Unfortunately peoples expectations are many times extremely high even with their first shave. Dovo's low end will provide a nice shave but they are not the shavers that their high end razors are.

Lynn