Thread: New Dovo razor - spine looks ground

Hey guys, I have got two razors, one from 1880's and a new Dovo. The old razor has no marks on the spine but the new dove looks like the spine has grinding marks on both sides. Is this normal?

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Hi I have just check both of my dovo razors and could not see marks on the spine both razors are less than 6 months old

Are you talking about honewear?
Picture borrowed from Del1r1um http://imgur.com/F6Y4S

My Flowing (6months old), and basic, both came with a bit of hone wear and were new. Must be soft steel.

Hi Baxxer, yes. Called the shop and they stated that they had not honed the razor. Have used it it shaves ok not as good as the vintage that was honed professionally. I am planning to learn how to hone so will try with the Dovo, just bought some Naniwa waterstones and watched some youtube videos.

Originally Posted by Philstone

The Heljestrand was not honed at all , the Dovo was, that is the only difference I can see.

Thanks Stefan,

The first razor is a Harrison Bros. & Howson Of Sheffield, ‘The Alpha’ made c. 1880 purchased from the Invisable edge (in UK) who supply shave ready vintage razors. The Dovo was purchased from a shop who told me that they do not hone razors before shipping. Thats why I am confused the vintage razor shows no honing marks and the Dovo does..

Originally Posted by ZeroCool

My Flowing (6months old), and basic, both came with a bit of hone wear and were new. Must be soft steel.

Nothing to do with soft steel. The razor was honed before it left the factory.
And that amount of honewear is really very little. It's basically what you can expect when honing a new razor. When you hone a razor, you cannot help but also hone the spine.

Of course they could polish it again, but with goldwash on the blade that is probably less ideal because you'd risk touching the goldwash.