Thread: My new Dovo Gentleman

Proud new Dovo Gentleman razor in my possession!

Congrats. That's a fine razor. Really like the scales.

Beautiful. Shave results?

Originally Posted by JTmke

Beautiful. Shave results?

Ha! Not yet............call me a scardy cat! I am awaiting some soaps I ordered to appear and my shaving bowl before I put that sharp beast to my face!!!! I may come away looking like a hack! I will do what I read here on the site and do small areas at a time then progress to more area of the face until I get it right.

I can say this.............this booger is sharp!

Congratulations: now the real journey begins.

That's good news. There are a few threads detailing how someone has tested their new razor for sharpness that were sure-fire ways to ensure it would be somewhere between dull and blunt by the time that they used it.
I don't know much about the Dovo pastes, were you advised to use them daily? If not do you have a clean leather strop for daily use?

Whilst you are awaiting your supplies you could grab a butter knife or similar and a strip of fabric/ belt etc and practice your stropping technique, stropping badly will most likely damage your edge so a bit of prior practice will be worthwhile. This forum has a videos section. I can personally recommend afdavis' and jimbo's videos but i am sure there are many others.

For fear of getting an answer I would rather not hear, how do you know that the razor is sharp if you haven't used it yet?
by that I am saying that I hope you haven't been "testing" the edge on stuff.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

For fear of getting an answer I would rather not hear, how do you know that the razor is sharp if you haven't used it yet?
by that I am saying that I hope you haven't been "testing" the edge on stuff.

If you mean testing on paper; cloth; or wood sticks that will be a big no......LOL! I have only gently placed my thumb against the blade to get an inkling of just how sharp it feels and it is rather sharp I can tell. Now the only thing I hope is the placed purchased as they hone them to ready for the first shave was done I assume correctly. I am new to this so not sure I will know until ready time.

I am awaiting some soaps ordered; a decent brush (badger hair); and a soap bowl before even attempting to use. I have Dovo red/black paste and two dedicated leather strops for each paste and a linen strop for prepping the blade from what I read and the suggestion of the gentleman/owner of the business I bought the razor from.

So hopefully this journey begins soon and a new world opens to shaving!

Sweet! Enjoy the first shave and many to follow.

It is almost too pretty to shave with but that is not why I bought it to look at..........but sure is nice to stare at it though.