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The issue I take with this comment is that while our face is not flat, blade geometry does make a big difference to shave quality.

Our face is curved, so it would seem that a razor with a frown...

Mine wasn't frowning.

But I was!:(



I did however score a vintage (circa 2000) Dovo #41 blade and rescaled it today...

CBMC, was yours a stainless blade, or carbon?

I am no expert. I currently own 8 razors, and previously had another 4.

A mix of vintage and new,and NOS.

Yes, not all razors lay perfectly flat on the hone. Some had smiles, some had...

I sent Dovo the pics of my blade and of my proceedure to establish that the blade was warped (precision granite plate certified to 2um flatness).



My vendor was excellent at customer service....

I just bought an EBay Dovo #41 blade (the same one as I had the problems with...) it was listed as having been purchased in 2000. So I figured back then Dovo perhaps gave a hoot about their product....

Send that pic to Dovo too (I did)

It is the same side problem as my blade. There is definitely a production error.:mad:

Please also email Dovo, so they can hopefully fix the issues for future razors!

Dovo also "offered" to have me ship the razor back to them so they could take a look at it.


I told them that I was not interested in having to pay for my brand new razor to be shipped...

Send it back!

I recently recieved not one, not two, but three, yes three brandy new Dovos, and they all exhibited the exact same problem you have described. Recieved the first one, sent it back,...