How old is this DOVO?

**Leon** · 08-30-2010, 01:12 PM

Hi gents,

I grabbed this one last week for restoration. It should be pretty recent, but I don't have great knowledge of DOVO manufacturing dates.
I know that old DOVOS have Fritz Bracht engraved in the back of the shank until mid-80's. Recent DOVOs have the etching on the shank made by laser, so this razor falls in between those two phases - 90's, early 2000's?

Any hints?

**Scipio** · 08-30-2010, 01:32 PM

Steve at the Invisible Edge sells them exactly like that, but with goldwash, so Im guessing its a modern day one - maybe a few years old as the goldwash has faded. The pinning on that one's pivot looks alot better than Dovo's modern pinning though, so maybe a fair few years old?

**ScottGoodman** · 08-30-2010, 01:49 PM

I would guess in the 80's-90's...

**Leon** · 08-30-2010, 02:04 PM

My guess was that too, probably from the 90's...

Thanks gents.

**Scipio** · 08-30-2010, 02:59 PM

How does it shave?

**Leon** · 08-30-2010, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by Scipio

How does it shave?

I'll only use it after restoring it and honing it.
It will be interesting to have a post-Fritz Bracht Dovo to compare to my Fritz Bracht-era Dovo.

**altshaver** · 08-30-2010, 06:35 PM

That is definitely a Dovo "Special" minus the gold wash. The shank stamp definitely dates the razor though. I think it could be as late as the early 2000's to whenever Dovo first started making that particular razor. I have read about a shaver that had a "Special" in the 70's, too.

Offtopic:
I really hate the new laser etching, printing, or whatever Dovo is doing with their new razors. I have read that TI is going to do this in the future as well.

**Scipio** · 08-30-2010, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by altshaver

Offtopic:
I really hate the new laser etching, printing, or whatever Dovo is doing with their new razors. I have read that TI is going to do this in the future as well.

So do I. It's cheap looking and tacky. Dovo's evolved from stopping the production of 7/8s and 8/8s to only making 5/8 and 6/8s, now becoming too lazy to bother stamping the steel!

**manah** · 08-30-2010, 10:07 PM

Leon, here you can find the same model 1516 of DOVO, that was made in 2006. The tangs are different. So, I think your razor was made in 90's.

**Scipio** · 08-30-2010, 11:01 PM

The one in the OP has a third pin, and the peening is done properly, not like modern Dovos.

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