Thread: Which Dovo?

The SRD offer is certainly not a gimmick considering that it does have value. A gimmick is a marketing ploy to get more people to purchase from a certain place in ways that don't offer anything special to the buyer. If I wasn't flat broke due to Christmas, I'd take them up on it in a heartbeat and likely pick up a nice Bismarck.

That said, I don't see how Lynn does it. He's already inundated with razors being sent to him otherwise, now he's offering free honing if you purchase a razor this month! It's a very generous offer and will definitely take up a lot of his free time.

Um, gentlemen, please. I don't claim to be an expert, just a beginner with a few razors.

Gimmick does not mean bad or deceptive -- look it up before you tear into me. It is a device to catch someone's attention for the purpose of making a sale. If that makes someone buy razors from SRD, then it is effective and I do not have any problem with that, and if SRD honors its promise of lifetime honing, then everyone has made out well. So what is the problem? Offering customers free financing with a car is a sales gimmick. Offering free shipping to the first 100 callers is a sales gimmick. Offering free lifetime honing for people who buy razors is a sales gimmick. Sheesh.

Next, Hayduke asked for OPINIONS from the group, so my offering my two cents is no more or less meaningful than all of the other advice that was given here. Lots of my advice was the same as that given by others, only they did not get "flamed" by the more "senior" members.

Anyway, it's true that I haven't been a member here as long as some others, but if being a long-time member entitles you to put down others who are trying to offer an honest opinion to a member who has asked for it, then maybe that's a good thing.

Jeff,

Since you said gentleMEN, I'm assuming you mean more than one person, and since gugi and I were the two to bring this up, I'm assuming you're referring to me, as well...

I wasn't trying to flame, Jeff, not at all. All apologies if I came off that way. My understanding of "gimmick" is a marketing ploy that doesn't benefit the customer, but is used to generate sales and even to deceive said naive customer. I looked it up to make sure and Wikipedia seems to agree with me, not that they're the end-all/be-all of definitions.

Sorry again, JeffE.

Actually flaming you was due to your lacking the relevant experience to back up your opinion. If you notice the other posters talked about razors they own. You also made some speculations about how businesses are run and what costs are involved, which tells me you're pretty clueless, yet post like an authority.

I'm a new member too. I've been at this for about two and a half years. Not sure how you infer that gives me some special rights.

In any case, as I said, my problem is with opinions that are based on nothing, as it is a coin toss whether they are useful or harmful and only serve to decrease the signal to noise ratio.

There are plenty of websites and forums where self-proclaimed experts spread misinformation and I would rather SRP remain a place where people can find reliable information and not hype or somebody's secret agenda. And one of the reasons SRP is such a place is that members post out of their own experience, not from speculations.

Ok we are stopping this here, get the topic back on track.. and off of personal attacks....

Whew, don't make GLen mad on my thread please

gimmick smimick, I get to have Lynn hone my new blades for life! Lucky for him, I've got SRAD bad so I won't be sending any in all that often. Maybe once a year or 1 razor more often and the others less often.

Originally Posted by JeffE

Hayduke, this is the kind of "problem" that we all love to have, so like I said, by all means pick whichever one "speaks" to you, and I think you can be sure that these Dovos are all really, really excellent razors.

As it happens, I have more than 30 SRs, but actually no Dovos at all, so I've got no specific recommendations, but I AM kind of curious to hear what you end up with. I've heard others mention the BL, so I guess that must be a pretty well known model. One other question for you, though -- have you considered getting one Dovo in carbon steel and one in stainless, like the linen micarta inox (very cool looking razor)? Anyway, I've always liked the look of that razor, so maybe I'm just biased.

Any, whatever you buy, PLEASE PLEASE come back and tell everyone what you think after you use them. You said above that you don't really know which brand or model you like the best. Guess what -- no one here does until you get a chance to actually try it OR someone reports back here about what his experience was. So try them and then enlighten your friends, and we will do the same!

I will definitely come back and let everyone know what I purchased and what I think of the shave.

I like the idea of 2 blade materials too. The BL and MOP would achieve that, but I wouldn't have a carbon blade like those of the Bismark, Prima etc. I've heard wonderful things about the BL's Swedish steel though

Well I do very much appreciate everyones feedback. I may not even place the order until the 30th, so it could be a couple weeks until I have some feedback on the shaves.

Now should I post what I decided on after I order, or wait until I shave? hmmm.......

Speaking of shaves, it's late and I have to get up early, so I'm going to go shave before bed woohoo!!

There we go all back to normal, I did some editing and sent some PM's

Now let's get back to "Razor Rattle" as my wife calls it when I try and talk with her about important decisions like this

Damn glad we have each other on this forum, because no one else understands this like we do hehehehe

Originally Posted by JeffE

Um, gentlemen, please. I don't claim to be an expert, just a beginner with a few razors.

Gimmick does not mean bad or deceptive -- look it up before you tear into me. It is a device to catch someone's attention for the purpose of making a sale. If that makes someone buy razors from SRD, then it is effective and I do not have any problem with that, and if SRD honors its promise of lifetime honing, then everyone has made out well. So what is the problem? Offering customers free financing with a car is a sales gimmick. Offering free shipping to the first 100 callers is a sales gimmick. Offering free lifetime honing for people who buy razors is a sales gimmick. Sheesh.

Next, Hayduke asked for OPINIONS from the group, so my offering my two cents is no more or less meaningful than all of the other advice that was given here. Lots of my advice was the same as that given by others, only they did not get "flamed" by the more "senior" members.

Anyway, it's true that I haven't been a member here as long as some others, but if being a long-time member entitles you to put down others who are trying to offer an honest opinion to a member who has asked for it, then maybe that's a good thing.

Giving an opinion regarding something that you do not and have not owned would seem agenda driven and not in the spirit of this forum. Your persistence here is for what purpose an and answer should not be forthcoming. Perhaps another forum..............

I think it's time to close this one.

Lynn