Thread: pearlex dovo 5/8 arrived!! first razor!

hello friend....my first razor finally is arrived!!!! what do you think about this razor?...

is seems to be very sharp..!!

thanks

was it honed by somebody? The factory rarely sends razors ready for shaving without any honing...

Anyway - best of luck
Ivo

shaving and razor shop in holland ...told me that the razor is ready to shave (by dovo factory) ..effectively it is sharp..... and cut very well!....

Man, they screwed you over. So far I haven't heard of a DOVO coming shave ready out of the factory. There was ONE T-I, but not a DOVO afik. Read the help files carefuly and check out this article from a more honest razor retailer:
http://www.classicshaving.com/articl...90351/5058.htm

it is so strange??.......it is obvious

how many lap in my belgian cocticule hone?? to re-sharp it?

thanks

Looks like another good reminder to Newbies, a new razor right out of the box is rarely shave ready unless hand honed first. I am surprised that Shaving and Razor Shop would say this as they are one of the leading European resources. of course Dovo promotes this same myth in their advertising and Nordstroms ads for the new Henkels will also say it needs no honing to use.

A newbies best bet when buying a razor is to get it hand honed. Either buy a used razor from one of our forum members who will do it up right, or buy new and have it honed as Classic Shaving or Shaving Shop offers or already honed as I do. We have several retailers here like Jim at Vintage Blades selling nice razors too and you can easily send it off to several of our group members for honing as well if you buy there. I am sure there are several other resources among us too and I look forward to Josh's Vendor Directory.

It is good to learn to hone yourself but maybe not the best bet right at the start. A pre-honed razor will give you something as a reference to what shaving sharp really is.

Tony

I'm with Tony on this one. My piece of good luck was to come across X while we were still living in the same city and have him show me how to hone properly and what to expect from a shave-ready blade. (Thanks X )

how many laps in the belgian cocticule hone to sharp a bit ??

thanks

Originally Posted by danzyc

how many laps in the belgian cocticule hone to sharp a bit ??

There is no definate answer to that. It depends on how sharp the razor was from the factory, the condition of the coticule, and your skill. I'm no honemeister so I'll leave the specifics for someone else to answer.
I can say that I honed 2 brand new 5/8 straights last weekend that were not shave ready out of the box (one of which was a Dovo) and it took roughly 15 minutes each, I didnt count the laps. I used a Norton, coticules will be different.