Thread: A question for all you with a Dovo Bismarck 6/8

Originally Posted by DaveW

but as with the above comments, my red notches on the spine are also out of whack, the effect is the same as if you taped the spine of the razor but accidentally placed the tape on the diagonal a little bit and then put the red notches off by the same amount. If there was a way for them to be so off center that they wouldn't even be on the apex of the spine, it's probably 1/4th or 1/3rd of the way there. Someone was asleep.

You're not the only one. This is the flaw I see on my Bismarck that I recently got today. And I've found a few pics through Google with Bismarck's also having this 'flaw'...and there's a couple of notches not perfectly spaced apart.

Did you do anything with yours? (ie. return/exchange it?)

I'm thinking that I'll simply convince myself that the razor was handmade and this is part of the beauty (?)

Originally Posted by Markk

Did you do anything with yours? (ie. return/exchange it?)

No, I figure that anything that can be made new in the western world and functional for $130 to my door really isn't going to be perfect, good is enough for me, and in the end, the shave from it is wonderful.

There's a statement that I apply to razors, stones, pretty much everything in life - if you can be happy with good or reasonably good instead of perfect, life will be a lot easier. The last 5% between good and perfect can really take up more than half of your life, and though the fantastic razor sellers we have offer returns as a matter of required policy, it's costly to someone, whoever bears the cost of it.

I think you'll find the razor to provide a monstrously nice shave, especially if you like to do a fast first pass - you can just take it with its mass and go from top of the cheek to adams apple in one stroke, which is such a pleasure in the morning. Mine really grew on me in less than a week, and once the sharpness of those grooves wore off a little bit and it was gentler on the strop, I completely forgot about their placement.

Originally Posted by DaveW

There's a statement that I apply to razors, stones, pretty much everything in life - if you can be happy with good or reasonably good instead of perfect, life will be a lot easier. The last 5% between good and perfect can really take up more than half of your life, and though the fantastic razor sellers we have offer returns as a matter of required policy, it's costly to someone, whoever bears the cost of it.

How very true. I can't wait to give it a go...and probably have to hone it after and give it another shot