Thread: is 44/20 a dovo?

A Newby here. In my search to find a locally available straight razor in Winnipeg, MB, Canada I wound up with a local barber supply house that was able to sell me a new 44/20 (made in Germany) in a black plastic box with the generic Solingen sticker. I found the same razor online here - 4420 Products ( but for more than I paid for it). True to what I have been reading here, it required significant honing before it was "shave ready" and I have learned a lot with it in a few short weeks (and its a little smaller now!). Anyway, what I am wondering, is since it is an available "new" product being made in Germany (although marketed in North America under Economy Supply Co's 44/20 brand) is it in reality a Dovo?

Also kind of ironic, while googling the term 44/20 I found that it is a chapter and verse of the bible forbidding you to shave!!! Hmmm go figger.

Looks like it could be a rebranded Dovo.

I'm not going to be much help - except to say the Revisor site has this beauty for sale...

Originally Posted by GardenWeasel

I'm not going to be much help - except to say the Revisor site has this beauty for sale...

Funny that, I am just now looking at the exact same beauty on the same page came to this thread researching it here on SRP (where else anyway..;-) Looks like they were made in Solingen. I wonder how old this one is. They don't provide estimated dates.

I have a 44/20 Economy Supply Co Model 900 (square point) - bought it new circa 1998 from a local barber supply. In my limited experience, I would say it might be a cousin or sibling to a *NEW* Fromm or C-mon or the like - that is, a barber supply level. If you Google new Fromms, they seem to resemble the new 44/20s, and are available from Beauty/Barber supply houses.

Like the new Fromms I've read about, this 44/20 was a bear to hone, especially for a complete novice like myself. But I did finally get there.

My recent experience (though bought in 1998, I did not hone or use it til just now. --Jonathan