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    Default I need advice choosing a razor...

    Hey all, I am a newbie buying his first razor and I've read around and done my research and I found three razors. Any help differentiating would be great. All three are round point, made by Fritz Bracht in Solingen, similar prices, and would likely need a honing. They are:

    - Dovo 100, can't make out the gold stamp in the picture, white/ivory scales, blade has a few tiny blackish spots, but the actual edge looks straight without dings nicks or cracks, three pins, looks to be 5/8ths but I can't tell if anyone knows please shout out.

    -Dovo 1516, gold stamped "Dovo Special", faux tortuise (sp?) scales, blade is almost immaculate, just a couple tiny tiny blackish spots, edge looks good, three pins, blade looks to be slightly thicker, maybe 6/8ths? once again if you know, shout it out loud. Claimed never used.

    -Tennis 20 (someone told me this was Dovo before Dovo was called Dovo...), stamped with "Solingen", the crest and a man, then looks like the stamp was colored and some of the color has aged away (just a cosmetic flaw right?), edge looks good, three pins, 13/16ths. Claimed never used.

    Also, there's a slightly more expensive Dovo 42 Inox thats NOS. Is this worth the extra money or not?
    Looks like there's another Dovo 42 that's cheaper, however older and used. It is honed and ready, looks better than the NOS Dovo 42 (in style, maybe because its older) but has some of the little black dots on the blade. These two however have strange points- not sure what its called. Its like a round, but the round is shifted close to the edge of the blade (French Point?)

    Thanks for any help, even if its just opinions regarding aesthetic and what not.
    Last edited by khaos; 03-26-2009 at 06:45 AM. Reason: found another one

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