Thread: feather shavette and dovo shavette

I cut hair and want a shavette to use on my clients to outline beards and for edging, im noy gonna use my straights. I would like to know your opinion on these two razors and which one would do the job better. and how good are the feather blades and can they be used in the dovo aswell?

any input?

I've never used a shavette, so not sure. I would imagine that it would work fine, as they are used for shaving by lots of folks. I do own a Feather and it works well and would do the job very well. The blades are more expensive then those for the shavette.

Perhaps start wth a shavette since it's not a huge investment and see if that meets your needs. If not you can always drop the $$$ for the Feather and blades.

Hope that helps.

well the feather is basically a shavette isnt it? it uses disposable blades.

Yes and no. The feather is a very sturdy and expensive disposable straight, where as the Shavette is a much less expensive. Again, never having used or much less seen one in person, I couldn't say, but the cost difference alone says it all. The least expensive Feather is $89.00 and the most expensive is $249.00. A Shavette is what ~$30.00?

seems like i shouldnt even bother with these since no one has really commented on them, i thought it would be a good neck shaving, and styling, outlining tool.

The DOVO shavette is an excellent shaver in a skilled hand. I bought one to use as a travel razor. The DOVO has three blade options: half a normal DE, half a special shavette blade or a long personna single edge. Mine came with the DE option. The shaves are as close as any razor can give. However, it takes a light hand and a shallow angle or it nicks quickly. Much more than a regular straight. It is a good benchmark for sharpness when evaluating your straight technique.

I just purchased the other blade options to test their effectiveness. I am beginning with the personna tomorrow and use it for three days and will follow with the DOVO blade. I will comment after each three day set and then in summary.

Originally Posted by viegas703

seems like i shouldnt even bother with these since no one has really commented on them, i thought it would be a good neck shaving, and styling, outlining tool.

I guess I won't take that personally having made more than one comment.

Originally Posted by CRR

I guess I won't take that personally having made more than one comment.

no need to take personal, bud. i was just hoping for some responses from people who have tested these razors. but i appreciate the response, the feather seems nice but its a tad pricey. i wonder how sturdy the dovo is thats what im mot concerned with, i want to know if theres much play with the blad, does it move around in the holder or is it stury. is the dovo cheaply made is my main concern

Originally Posted by viegas703

I cut hair and want a shavette to use on my clients to outline beards and for edging

You mean like this? I thinks the shavette might not be the best if you want extreme detail. It has a plastic holder for the razor blade that you slide inside the shavette and I don't think you'll get in close enough to do details like in the video here :

YouTube - Learn how to cut hair. Tutorial #3