I could tell you about my Pearlex #98 gold washed razor with the slightly warped blade and my Silver Steel ebony handled Ebenholz that is severely warped but I am not going to say anything about these imperfections for fear of busting somebody's bubble.

Two out of my 6 Dovos are warped. That's a 33 1/3 % defect rate.

There was a post about a year ago concerning the fact that Thiers-Issard used to have a quality control problem but has since cleaned up their act. In that same post it was mentioned how DOVO was known for their quality but lately that level of quality had gone down. That's about the same time I purchased these two razors.

They can still be honed but it is such a hassle to hone a warped blade. I know I'm not the only Dovo customer with this problem..........