Thread: Dovo Inox tang stamp # question?

What do the different numbers (like 41 above) stamped on the tang signify? I've seen 41, 42, and 415.
Does it have something to do with the steel used?

I would say it is the code number for the blade steel/type/shape/width and handle material combination that makes up the particular razor style. For instance, I have a Dovo #98 that is your razor to a tee, with the exception that the blade is Carbon steel and no reference is made to Stainless.


Mick

The '41' has been the Dovo a model number of one their stainless blades for decades.

When people refer to a Dovo 41, you know exactly what they mean.

Dovo doesn't really vary their steel types in razors. Unless it's some special edition and even then I'm not so sure. Pretty much if it's carbon it's all the same and if it's stainless it's all the same.

Yes, sorry. I was trying to keep my answer generalized. By steel type I meant Carbon or Stainless, regardless of which 'type' of Carbon or Stainless they use as a standard.
The number indicates the razor as a whole, of the combination of materials that have gone into making it, right down to the pins used in putting it all together.
So a #98 is made up of IMoP scales, black plastic spacer, black bracer rod, Carbon steel blade with a particular style of gold wash and brass pins and washers.
This is just my thoughts on the use of the numbers though, I don't know for certain.


Mick

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.

After seeing different razors of the same brand (multiple brands, dovo included) bearing the same stamp on their shank, I consider these numbers a decoration.
It may mean something within a particular batch or within a short timeframe, but there is no guarantee whatsoever that no.41 from 50, 30, 10, 3, or 1 years ago is the same razor.


Here's an example:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi..._Favorit%22_10
http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...Bracht%22_9/16

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.

Always is a dangerous word. I randomly decided to try Henckels, since they did loads of numbered blades. First hit is this:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...onecrylic.html

Or, in case the 1/2 makes that one not count, there is this top hit:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...-solingen.html

Originally Posted by gugi

After seeing different razors of the same brand (multiple brands, dovo included) bearing the same stamp on their shank, I consider these numbers a decoration.
It may mean something within a particular batch or within a short timeframe, but there is no guarantee whatsoever that no.41 from 50, 30, 10, 3, or 1 years ago is the same razor.


Here's an example:

Dovo "Dovo Favorit" 10 - Straight Razor Place Wiki
Dovo "Favorit 10 Fritz Bracht" 9/16 - Straight Razor Place Wiki

The only difference with those razors is blade width. I don't see that that is enough variation, if all other factors remain the same, to call that a different razor. Yes it will handle differently from one to the other, but the buyer has a choice of the style of razor he/she likes in the blade width that they like.
I would have liked to have got my #98 in a 6/8 blade. I heard that they were/are made, but I haven't actually seen one to verify this. And I won't be overly concerned with that now, as 17 years of water has passed under that bridge.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

The only difference with those razors is blade width. I don't see that that is enough variation, if all other factors remain the same, to call that a different razor. Yes it will handle differently from one to the other, but the buyer has a choice of the style of razor he/she likes in the blade width that they like.

Right, but then what about this other Dovo (don't have the number off the top of my head) which is the same grind and size and the only difference is the stamp on the shank, the goldwash, and the color of the scales.
Seems like the stamp is the exact same thing as the gold wash and scales color, i.e. decoration.

It's probably just a matter of semantics - to me two razors are the same if they shave the same even if they have completely different looks, to others they are probably the same if they look alike even if they shave completely differently. May be I'm more of a user than a collector.