Quote Originally Posted by gugi View Post
Just think for a second - if a barber has to rely on resting his razors for a couple of days he will be out of business in less than a week.

As far as what Dovo says about their razors - well according to them you can get a great shave with the edge they ship from the factory. If Gillette would ship their cartridges with the same level of chipping that Dovo ships their edges they'd be long bankrupt by now. In my opinion the only reason Dovo gets away with their factory edges is because people who buy those think it's a very hard new way of shaving and they need to persevere. Plus the rest of us who simply rehone the razor and move on.

Even the teflon coated cartridge blades have hard time lasting 6-15 shaves, the bare steel deteriorates after one shave and you can't get more than 2-3 good shaves without stropping the razor to remove the oxidation. Dovo's paperwork is simply BS and for proper directions one really should consult the paperwork of vintage razors.
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The last two new DOVOs had an edge so poor, that I could understand any beginner, who tries it once, puts it into ebay ("not for me") and returns to the cartriges.

Before I started honing, I emailed DOVO to get some tips (I thought they should know). The answer was prompt but so unbelievable bad, that I wished they never answered.