Quote Originally Posted by leadduck View Post
The consensus seems to be that on the higher priced models, you're paying for a prettier razor, not a better razor. I have a Dovo in the medium price range and it shaves no better than some of my lower cost blades. Keep in mind however, that the opposite is not necessarily true. A razor that generally priced at next to nothing is usually worth just that.
I don't think they are easily found these days, but I purchased a NOS 5/8th french-tip Wapienica which came pre-honed (wasn't advertised as such) and I stropped it up and shaved with it. Excellent shave. The toe was a little messed up and the honer didn't clean it. A little work on the Norton 8k and then finally finished on my Spyderco Ultra-fine brought it back to as close to perfection as I can with the equipment I have.

Total cost: sixteen dollars!