Thread: New razor: Dovo 88 (NOS)

Originally Posted by DDTech

I just like to have nice things around and this one has so much more love in the details than the newer ones.
I think, I could live with the rust, but if someone has a good tip....

Very nice piece. The further back in time you go, the less wages were and "productivity", the bottom line, wasn't as much the focus of management. So craftsman had more time to put those extra touches in the product. IMHO.

As for the rust ...... I can't see where the rust is in the photos. A metal polish, such as Flitz or SemiChrome, on a Q-tip will help, and maybe neutralize any active rust, but it will also take off gold wash or paint.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Cool! Hone that baby up and shave!

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Very nice piece. The further back in time you go, the less wages were and "productivity", the bottom line, wasn't as much the focus of management. So craftsman had more time to put those extra touches in the product. IMHO.

As for the rust ...... I can't see where the rust is in the photos. A metal polish, such as Flitz or SemiChrome, on a Q-tip will help, and maybe neutralize any active rust, but it will also take off gold wash or paint.

Thanks, it actually is really pretty. There is a bit of rust on the tang left and that is fine. Most of the other spots basicly "washed" away when I covered it with Ballistol for a few days. I guess there has been some crusted oil-dust mixture and, yes a bit of rust, but not deep. It turned out to be in a much better condition than I expected, when I bought it - normally it's the other way round. Anything strong will also attack the sensitive gold plating. So I leave it and am more than happy.

While I agree that you can shave well with it after some Crox touch up I would suggest that just a wee bit of honing would take those micro chips right out and straighten out the bevel inconsistencies. But, you can always attend to that later.

Anyway, congrats on scoring such a great piece of history and craftsmanship!

Originally Posted by 1holegrouper

While I agree that you can shave well with it after some Crox touch up I would suggest that just a wee bit of honing would take those micro chips right out and straighten out the bevel inconsistencies. But, you can always attend to that later.

Anyway, congrats on scoring such a great piece of history and craftsmanship!

The old one has none of those. The pictures with the "broken" bevel and the chips are from a recent DOVO, just to compare the quality. The old one has a really fine edge. Sure, I could touch it up and give it a little extra, but the idea of keeping the edge in a kind of "virgin" state seems to be a lovely thing to me.

Thanks