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Thread: Shave #10 with straight
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05-02-2020, 06:47 AM #11
I agree... I don't think there is anything peculiar about a Bismarck style that I wouldn't recommend that for a new straight user... If it has a shaped spine may be rougher on a very soft strop, but it's not a deal breaker by any means.
Go slow my brother! Congratulations. Yes, you'll look like you got in a fight with a cat for the first several weeks.
Careful with that barber hone. You'll likely do more damage to the edge than good. In my experience, they leave a very aggressive, toothy edge. I think you'll likely find few people who commonly use them... the advent of the modern synthetic hone (1970s) made them obsolete as far as synthetics go, and there are many superior natural stones. Regardless, you should not need an edge touch-up for quite some time, and I would caution you from attempting anything other than stropping for your first several months. After that, there are inexpensive (less than $100) means of keeping a well honed edge in top condition. Looks like the ILR hone may serve you well... I have no personal experience with it but a quick forum search will give you some info.
The hobby can be expensive or cheap as you like. I went almost ten years with a $40 German-made vintage blade, a set of Norton waterstones ($120), a 12K synthetic ($80), a Tony Miller strop ($60), and an Omega boar brush ($12). Add up the cost of Gillette Mach 3 blades for a decade, I'm sure I came out on top.Last edited by HungeJ0e; 05-02-2020 at 06:51 AM.
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05-02-2020, 08:56 PM #12
Your experiences are pretty much what every new SR shaver goes through. Stick with it, the destination is well worth the journey.
With regard to your newly acquired hone... Please don't throw away one of your new Dovos trying to learn to hone. Buy your self a less expensive razor and practice honing on something that won't cost you hundreds of dollars if you goof it up. Honing, like shaving, requires some muscle memory and a small amount of technique. It can be done, but it requires practice.
Well done to this point, Sir.
Don't turn back now.
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05-04-2020, 05:17 AM #13
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Thanked: 4I'm not trying to steal the thread, but how does one know if they have a vintage or a newer Dovo.
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05-04-2020, 06:00 AM #14
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05-04-2020, 07:39 AM #15
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Thanked: 3226Here is some info on Dovo's company history STRAZORS.com - all about classic razors - DOVO, Fritz Bracht, Solingen, Germany. . The changes in the company's trade mark would help tell it's age. Also the newer ones have nail head pins instead of the traditional pinning with both sides being peened.
BobLife is a terminal illness in the end
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05-04-2020, 08:03 AM #16
To further beat the horse... that's not the modern Bismarck blank we're discussing... the modern Bismark is a round point shoulderless grind... makes up a large number of Dovo (and smaller Solingen) models. It's a good blank... I think the objection raised is that some of them have a worked spine which adds friction when stropping...
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05-16-2020, 10:27 PM #17