Thread: Brand Spanking New Out Of The Box, But....

Welcome!

I'm in the UK as well, in London, so if you're in the area drop me a PM and we can meet for a beer or something!

Most razors from the factory are only honed on a flat spinning wheel and then stropped before being sent out. Hand honing involves running up a variety of hones and to a much higher grit, plus stropping, before sending the razor out to the end user. There is a real difference in the finish of the blade, but its mostly a time thing as to why they dont do it in the factory.

The pro honemeisters will spend the time to make sure that the razor is in the best possible shaving condition before sending it back to the customer. The factory do an Ok job, and you might get lucky and get a good one, but they dont want to spend 10 or 15 minutes a razor getting them truly shave ready. They spend about 2 minutes a razor!

Theres a youtube video of DOVO making razors, and you can see the honing process there.

Thats a great razor you're getting though! Hope you enjoy it!