Thread: Dovo Inox tang stamp # question?

It cool Gugi, I wasn't picking a fight, I was just offering up my thoughts. I've already stated in an earlier post that I have no real idea. However the last two links you posted supported my theory IMHO, so if you have any more information, I'm all ears. I find the subject interesting.
I too am a user rather than a collector. Although razors seem to have started collecting me a little of late. I have a grand total of five now...


Mick

oh, i didn't read it as a fight. razor numbers have stopped making sense to me for some time. i think even in the razor database in the wiki there are more examples of razors that share stamping but are different size and shape. i may have uploaded some of my legrelots there too.

but if there's one story about numbering that i could get to know, that'd be the no.14 - you've probably seen it on filarmonica, palmera, and friodur, and i have a couple of other german brands with it.

Don't forget the Puma 14!

I don't know how relevant other brands are to the OP, as I took it that the question was related to Dovo only. A Friodor 41 would be, I would think, an entirely different animal to a Dovo 41 for example.
However, since blades for many brands are made by relatively few (two or three I think) companies, it may not make any difference to anything.


Mick

^ It's true that I was mainly looking to find out what the numbers mean for Dovo Inox models.. But this has turned into an interesting topic, so thanks everybody for all the info and replies.

Originally Posted by Scipio

A '42' on Solingen blades always refers to a quarter hollow, French point. Well, I've seen 9 different ones by Revisor, Biedermeier, Dovo, Schulze and Gotta to name a few. They are always either 7/16 or 9/16.

With nine similar blades it seems more than just coincidence. I was also thinking that since some older blades don't always follow this pattern that maybe within the last 15 years the few Solingen manufacturers left could have decided on standards and now the numbers represent certain specifics.. or maybe it's just Dovo's numbering.

The pattern for the 41 and 415 for Dovo models in particular that I've seen are that they're full hollow, round point and usually 5/8". Do these specifics adhere to 41 & 415 models in brands other than Dovo?

Originally Posted by ronDcore

With nine similar blades it seems more than just coincidence. I was also thinking that since some older blades don't always follow this pattern that maybe within the last 15 years the few Solingen manufacturers left could have decided on standards and now the numbers represent certain specifics.. or maybe it's just Dovo's numbering.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but....

...Or you are just interpreting the data in the way you want to in order to reach the conclusion you want to reach. After all, nine razors is not a lot, especially compared to how many vintage razors are out there.

Just my .02

Originally Posted by ronDcore

With nine similar blades it seems more than just coincidence. I was also thinking that since some older blades don't always follow this pattern that maybe within the last 15 years the few Solingen manufacturers left could have decided on standards and now the numbers represent certain specifics.. or maybe it's just Dovo's numbering.

There are about four Solingen manufacturers right now and only 2 of them have been doing it continuously over the last 15 years. If you take a look at their razors you'll notice there isn't anything of the sort.

Originally Posted by ronDcore

The pattern for the 41 and 415 for Dovo models in particular that I've seen are that they're full hollow, round point and usually 5/8". Do these specifics adhere to 41 & 415 models in brands other than Dovo?

Actually these characteristics adhere to virtually all of Dovo's current models. Which means the numbers are meaningless.

I guess I was just leaping to conclusions. But it is true that the numbers do represent something within the Dovo brand. For example a Dovo 41 or 415 is always Dovo Inox. Though I admit I don't know what exactly makes a Inox an Inox..

Inox is Inoxidible (probably spelled wrong) - stainless steel. I think StainLess is a better name, because it will stain, just less than carbon steel would under the same conditions.

not for thiers-issard: 41 and 41S are full hollow razors with round point, double stabilizer and made of carbon steel, 6/8 if i'm not mistaken. i believe they go by the brand le dandy. of course, that's before the current TI production in which the level of hollowing has nothing to do with that on the same models in the old days.

Then there's the blade dovo pairs with their micarta scales - says no.105, same hollowing as the no.41, same point, same stabilizer, same size, but there's laser etching and different gold wash.