Thread: New razor: Dovo 88 (NOS)

That's neat. I've not seen one just like it.

Now that is a real pre war beauty. A tool does not have to be a work of art to fulfill it's function but one that is also a work of art adds immeasurable to the joy of using it. Congrats you must be one joyful fellow now.

Bob

I hope you are going to tape that nice spine. If it shaves as nice as it looks, you got a bullseye there. Good shooting!!

Jerry
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Jerry,

Originally Posted by mrsell63

I hope you are going to tape that nice spine. If it shaves as nice as it looks, you got a bullseye there. Good shooting!!

thanks, yes sure will. I do tape my razors and change the tape often in order to keep the angle as consistent as possible and allow maximum work on the edge.

After the examination of the blade under the microscope, I thought it would be a sin, not to try anything less destructive than honing.

That's the way the edge came. I did nothing more than a few strokes on the strop in order to remove the oil.
it is not as smooth and polished as I would have it comming from the stones, but even and without pits





a bit of a "saw" as seen in backlight, but not bad


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so I just gave it an extended strop with 40 on linnen and around 100 or 120 on the leather. After that, the blade felt sharp on the thumb and performed a good "standing hair test" without pulling too much - I use to go over my head in a distance of one or two inches and see if it is catching and cutting free standing hair and, if it does, how much the pulling is. As the skin on the head is highly sensitive, this works very well. In this case I'm looking more at the pulling than the cutting. - so I thought, I could give it a try.

And yes, it worked. Not as good as comming from the stones, but no pulling, no pressure necessary, no cuts or nics, no irritation. I would say, this blade was truely shave ready ex works.

I'll probably strop it on cr-ox (should tape it even for that) and see, if I can enhance it a bit more.

Today I shaved with a 75 year old edge - wow!

I am sure a good stropping on chromium oxide will make a considerable difference.

Originally Posted by Badgister

I am sure a good stropping on chromium oxide will make a considerable difference.

Yes, sure. Maybe I even go for the stones. I just wanted to see how good it is without doing anything to the blade.
To give You an idea, this is what my DOVO 1516 - a current model - looked when I bought it:





the hair was there accidentally. It's very thin (cat?), but You see, it could easily catch in the slit and cause pulling.

No proper primary edge. The angle of the edge even changes halfways


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this one I would not call "truely shave ready".

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Cool! Hone that baby up and shave!

Originally Posted by Badgister

I am sure a good stropping on chromium oxide will make a considerable difference.

Just to let You know:

with a bit of cr-ox on balsa and some good stropping, I did not see the need for honing yet. The original edge is fine enough to give me a good shave.

Seriously nice find.

Originally Posted by tiddle

Seriously nice find.

yes, I start to realize that ...