Quote Originally Posted by BobH View Post
I am going to take it that razors were both pro honed by whomever you bought them from. It could still be that the stainless did not get along with whatever finish hone was used as well as the TI did. The other possibility that I can think of is that you may have rolled the edge on the Dovo while stropping it. That could also lead to a harsh irritating shave. Like I say Both types of steel shave just as smoothly for me.

Bob
Yup...the old rolled edge.

After 6 months thought I was an expert at stropping until I visited a honemeister in Ontario, brought all my blades with me, think I had 8 at the time, 5 of them had rolled edges!!

That was a back to the fundamentals experience, put away everything else, back away from thinking of honing, paste's etc...and learn to keep the darn spine on the strop and properly roll the spine during the strop...speed kills, take it slow, and practice, practice, practice...as BobH says, a rolled edge is a complete buzz kill in regards to a comfortable shave!!