Thread: Dovo ''not-so-special'' 5/8 straight

All true, those scales are cheap plastic, its basically the same thing the $2 gas station sunglasses are made of. Alot of a razors value is in the scale material. Cheaper razor, cheaper scales, exotic woods and carbon fiber scales = more expensive razor. If you are looking for a heavier 5/8 full hollow that's not overly expensive. Check out SRD; Lynn carries the Dovo carpe diem razor with "multiwood" handles. I have this razor, and it's twice as heavy as my other 5/8. The multiwood is actually Dymondwood ( hardwood that's been pressurized, stabilized, and dyed). It's a beautiful razor, I personally am not crazy about the weight of the scales. My $.02

Originally Posted by tiddle

All true, those scales are cheap plastic, its basically the same thing the $2 gas station sunglasses are made of. Alot of a razors value is in the scale material. Cheaper razor, cheaper scales, exotic woods and carbon fiber scales = more expensive razor. If you are looking for a heavier 5/8 full hollow that's not overly expensive. Check out SRD; Lynn carries the Dovo carpe diem razor with "multiwood" handles. I have this razor, and it's twice as heavy as my other 5/8. The multiwood is actually Dymondwood ( hardwood that's been pressurized, stabilized, and dyed). It's a beautiful razor, I personally am not crazy about the weight of the scales. My $.02

Have to admit that the right thing to do would have been to post a question before buying rather than ranting afterwards as the above sounds a far better option, ahh if they only came in 'hindsight'...

Well it only comes in 20/20 Seriously though, it was my first razor, and I read about it, looked at great reviews, but no one mentioned the weight of the scales. So when I took it out I was surprised at how heavy they were. Once I got my second and third razor I noticed that it wasn't the blade, but the scale material. With a little snoopin' around I found out they were diamond wood, and not wood with an acrylic or polyurethane finish and that made them more dense, thus heavier. Call it a learning curve I guess.

WoW, Facts are a amazing thing so lets just try and put a few in this thread

Weight:
Vintage Dovo Fritz Bracht #25 BTW that is a 6/8 = 1.8 ozCurrent Dovo best quality 5/8 = 1.5 oz

Scales:
I need to double check but I am pretty sure the Tortoise scales are actually Celluloid and not Plastic, I will make sure though..

Sharp:
Sharpness out of the box, is something that has actually been made better over that last few years by Dovo and TI neither is really what most of us consider "Shave Ready" but they are better then they were..


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