Dovo 55

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Hraefn
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Dovo 55

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What can you guys tell me about a dovo 55?
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Do you mean the 7/8 new grinds of old blanks that are for sale at Vintage Blades? Unfortunately, I can tell you nothing, other than a Dovo that is 7/8 is relatively unusual, and one with a french point is also unusual. I see no reason why these should not be great shavers with the right honing.
Whether it's worth $299 to you is another question. Yesterday I took an old Kropp razor from an office drawer, where it has lived since being given to me by a patient. It's a bit battered and the blade is stained dark but not rusted or pitted. It honed up superbly - a razor doesn't have to look fancy to shave well (not that I have anything against fancy razors. :oops: ) So if you can have the great shave more cheaply, you have to buy the Dovo for its looks and for its peculiarities. Only you can say if it is worth the price for those things.

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they are great blades, mine shave and feel like a much heavier razor then they are, the scales are nothing fancy but the blade is really sweet, they shave similar to a LeGrelot, mine required very little work when they arrived to get dialed in right where I like them, I would say less then 10 minutes tops on some pasted paddles
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i bought one at a barber shop for 40 bones, for my little brother and it seems to work well.
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That must be a different razor then....

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I'll say it must be different as I paid substantially more then that at Vintage Blades for mine, unless of course those are 40 very large bones :lol:
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or the barber had no idea what he had
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I just acquired one of these. Will post photos when it arrives. 8)
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Post by matt321 »

Finally after 2 years this old thread has photos.

The full blade width is 15/16ths so it's big. I think I'll call her "The Black Witch"

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