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Thought I'd post a 'lessons learned' to close this off. After my last post I had one more session with the Dovo on the 8000, nothing heavy, just another 20 or 30 gentle laps. It just seemed to hit a...

Well, this morning's shave was much more like what I expected from a straight razor. The blade didn't stop for anything and I got a great shave. I just need to figure out how to get against the grain...

Good progress I think. I had Friday off, so I spent some time with Glen's video (the one with Mark honing). Followed along exactly. At the end it still wouldn't pass the HHT, but this morning it gave...

Thanks for all the good info gents. Euclid440, your explanation of Dovo's honing really helps to understand why the performance is not great. Gssixguns, I watched your sharpness video last night. I...

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I'm not sure whether this belongs here or in honing, so please let me know if I'm in the wrong place. I'm just returning to SR shaving after 35+ years. I bought a new Dovo special, not made...