Thread: Dovo Blades

Originally Posted by blade13

My two cents.....
I have a standard carbon steel Dovo and a Fritz Bracht Swedish Steel Dovo. The Swedish Steel is a bit shinier, harder and holds the edge for longer. Definitely feels diferent on the skin. I believe it is not stainless steel though. My opinion of course. If I was going to buy a Dovo I would try to get Swedish Steel. A notch above.

Fritz Bracht is vintage Dovo, uncomparable to modern Dovos.

Originally Posted by CloseShave

The exception is the Bergischer Lowe which is specifically made from swedish steel while the majority of the DOVO line appears to be from german steel. All are greeat shavers though the BL is in a class by itself among the DOVOs.

The information I had was in regards to the stainless razors only. I have no info in regards to the HCS razors.

I know this is an old thread but just pointing out that each blade has a number stamped into it. Blades with the same number are identical. Take amoment to notice all the 5/8's SS blades are 41's, all the small SS blades are 42's, etc etc.

They probably do have the same blank but their different blades are finished differently. Perhaps the longer time spent hand finishing the more fancy models naturally means the quality-control is better for those, despite the similar blades?

I highly doubt that. I could be very wrong, but how does a factory worker know the difference between a "nice" and a "bad" 41 blade? Remember its an assembly line... I feel thats why they have model numbers to begin with.

This is a good, thought insporing thread. I have a Dovo Bregischer Lowe, Swedish steel, high carbon 5/8 blade. Other people have said that their high carbon steel blades have a #41 on them. My BL has a #3 on it. I just don't know if this is the actual metal used in relation to the metal/blade, or it is a quality control number, or inventory number? If anyone knows this, it would be a very key element to the posible answer to the question of this thread.

Originally Posted by khaos

I highly doubt that. I could be very wrong, but how does a factory worker know the difference between a "nice" and a "bad" 41 blade? Remember its an assembly line... I feel thats why they have model numbers to begin with.

I'm not talking about the quality of the steel but from experience, there seem to be a lot of warped blades among the cheaper models. OTOH, I've never found a more expensive one that won't sit perfectly flat on a piece of flat glass. My experience is from a pool of looking at maybe 10-20 cheaper models and a similar number of the better ones.