I have several very well sharpened straight razors, and one Dovo Shavette. Sharpness is not the issue - my poor technique maybe - but not the razor. The other day, with about 5 days of beard stubble, I went into the bathroom for a shave.

The shave-ready straight razor (which I didn't even ruin yet with poor stropping) pulled my hair, and all I felt was drag. In the exact same manner and stroke, I then used the Dovo Shavette had no drag whatsoever, and it cut almost all of the hair.

Why is this?

As Lynn mentioned in another post, the shavette is quite unforgiving... it's a very flimsy blade, and it's quite easy to cut yourself with. Yet those cheap Personna laser-cut blades sliced that hair off with next to no friction; while my Dovo just sat there and hurt.

I don't want to give up on traditional straight razors - but even when sharpened by the masters, I can't get it to slide like the Shavette.

Let me know what you guys think. Thanks