Thread: My new Dovo should not do this!

Not at all happy here... I picked up a new Dovo 5/8" a couple of weeks ago as a daily shaver (giving my vintage blades a rest during the week). After my 8th or so shave with the new Dovo, there was some discomfort. I rinsed it off, went back over to the strop, and immediately noticed two small chips near the tip of the blade on the bevel edge.

These are small, but certainly visible to the naked eye. I'm dumbfounded as to their origin - I'm always quite careful when handling my razors; never touching the washbasin or the faucet, and I strop carefully.

I've since put in an e-mail to the service department at the vendor via which I purchased the razor to inquire about a replacement. Barring them stepping up and exchanging the blade for me, I assume the only way to repair this is to have the blade breadknifed to flatten the chipped area, then re-honed, shortening the blade width 1/16" or so.

Here's a (very poor) photo of the damaged blade tip - unfortunately, to see the chip, I had to get the camera so close it could not properly focus: