Originally Posted by
Neil Miller
Hi Vinz,
I agree with you, at £100 more than a dovo bismarck it does seem expensive. However, they are basing their valuation on a perception, ie the mark Excellenz, not the actual razor itself.
FWIW, CVH made very good razors from very good steel, and in my opinion a good cvh is better than a good dovo. A case of horses for courses I suppose. At any rate, your horse has bolted and there is no polnt in closing the stable door, so be happy with what you have and forget wnat you paid.
The grind is, as you say, quite stiff being somewhere near quarter hollow if memory serves (which is why that stuff about stabilising is all hot air) and they give a great shave.
I would be very interested in seeing more photos, particularly well focused close ups of the notch in the heel, perhaps with the light quite harsh and at a raking angle to show all the little surface marks, as I am still not sure when the notch was created. If it has come about as a result of some sort of a regrind used to restore a blade that has been stored away for the best part of 40 years or more, then shots like this may help us determine that.
Regards,
Neil