Dovo Straight Razor in Black Cellidor

Great blade. Rounded ends so more forgiving. This blade is carbon steel thus much easier to sharpen, unlike the steel blades. However the steel blades don't tend to rust like the carbon steel. You need to keep this blade dry at all times (after shave) or it becomes pitied (like mine has within the first month, but only because I did not make any effort to keep the blade dry!) The handle is plastic like most Cut Throat Razors. The blade is 3" long however most Leather Strops are only 2"wide. This is normal and you have to sharpen the blade with an X motion, going up and down about around 50 times on the leather bit, 25 times on the suede side and 10 on the cotton. This sounds a lot but will get it done in about a minute with practice. Depending on hair growth you will need to sharpen about once a week?month? Most Leather Strops come with two sides but three is better. Honing balm paste is used on the Leather Strop to stop it drying out. Look on YouTube for tuitions on how to sharpen blades. The first shave. Great. Missed a lot so ended up have two shaves in succession. Very pleased and I think I am a natural using it. To go with the new blade I splashed out on some posh shaving cream and a brush too. But then, HELL did I have a shaving rash. Horrible shaving rash like I have never had before. All day after the shave I just wanted to scratch my face off! When it calmed down I had another shave. But then a horrible shaving rash again! This carried on for about a week by which time I was well hacked off ( and you have to be careful because if you continue shaving over/on the shaving rash you could end up with a load of creators all over your face!) So I went back to my old razor for a bit so that things could calm down. I then introduced things back in slowly. Old cream, new blade. One shave every other day not every day, one stroke at a time, not two or three. Now some four/five weeks after first getting the blade I am shaving every day (just) still with the old cream, but no rash. My opinion Great blade. Well pleased I got it. No more keeping on buying razor blades that just go blunt. Now the opposite is true and this Dovo straight razor is very sharp! You need to get used to it, how to sharpen the blade and that, and it shaves Sooo close... The upshot is that this blade suffers no fools!

I was a little nervous due to the price, first straight razor I have purchased below £200. Pleasantly surprised, it is nearly shave ready, I had to strop it more than usual but the shave was acceptable. Some have commented on the scales, personally they seemed fine to me. All in all, a nice first razor, and at a price that makes trying a straight razor less of a financial investment, but trust me it is worth the effort and investment.

Arrived sharp and ready to use unlike other straight razors which have arrived blunt/needed to be sharpened before use. Handle snapped after a while though which is unfortunate. Only made out of cheap plastic which over all let's the quality of the razor down.

A great starter razor. I used a stainless steel razor a few years ago but it got stolen from a hotel room. Bought this as I wanted to return to straight shaving but count afford a stainless steel one. I did need to finish the cut with strop paste but that is true with most razors. I have a very corse beard and this gives a lovely clean shave. Very easy to strop. You do need to be very careful after use to ensure it is completely dry as any water will rust the blade. DO NOT KEEP THIS RAZOR IN THE BATHROOM!

After a few months of really light use the handle disintegrated. Unacceptable for such an expensive product.

I don't shave with a cut throat often - mainly when I have not shaved for a week and have growth. Very much a novice I find the razor ok and have not done myself any damage. I have a strop and am starting to get the hang of keeping an edge on the blade. From my experiance I would say this is a good razor to start off with. If I had more time in the day I think I would fully convert and sort my shaving skills out. It is a skill and requires time. Good razor.

Can't say too much about the razer yet as it is not shave ready as described and does need to be sent off to be honed. It is also much lighter than I expected, but I guess that is because of the full hollow grind taking most of the material from the blade. The scales are nothing to write home about, but they do have a little peg inside them about half way to presumably stop them being squeezed togeather and snapping them at the pin.

I have no complaints with this straight razor. Shaving sharp out of the box, after 15- 20 passes on the strop it provided a smooth shave. I’m relatively new to SR shaving but from what I’ve been told Dovo is a go-to in the industry. Highly recommended.

Rasiermesser findet man im Netz in letzter Zeit immer häufiger. Da fangen angeblich Solinger klingen auch schonmal bei 6,99€ an wobei es nach oben fast keine Grenze zu geben scheint. Ich habe lange suchen müssen um etwas vernünftiges zu finden und bin hier schließlich fündig geworden. Die Marke Dovo mit dem Hauptsitz in Solingen stellt seit über 100 Jahren Rasiermesser her, für mich ein wichtiger Punkt, denn mit dem Schliff der Klinge steht und fällt die Qualität. Das Rasiermesser ist nun seit zwei Monaten fast täglich im Einsatz und ich möchte es nicht mehr hergeben. Ohne Streichriemen und Schleifpaste hätte ich es von Beginn an nicht nutzen können, nach dem abziehen (10x je Seite) ist es aber sehr, sehr scharf. Das rasieren geht mit etwas Übung zügig von der Hand, das Ergebnis ist super und meine Haut verträgt es viel besser als die gängigen nass- und Trockenrasierer. Einzig bei der Kunststoff griffschale wurden Abstriche gemacht, die sich aus meiner Sicht aber sehr gut verschmerzen lassen. Geliefert wird das Messer in einer „versiegelten“ Kunststoff schubbox, perfekt für Reisen oder um es sicher zu lagern. Ich würde dieses Messer heute auch wieder kaufen, allerdings macht die Qualität eher den Eindruck, dass ich dieses Teil noch vererben kann...

pas cher mais très bonne coupe. Réellement près à l'usage. Dommage pour la chasse en plastique. Mais cela a également un prix. Très bon achat.

Navaja estupenda para empezar con el afeitado a navaja. El precio esta bastante bien. La navaja ya viene afilada. Se necesita de un asentador para mantener la navaja afilada.

This item arrived on time and was exactly what I expected it to be. This straight razor was new out of the original packaging and was shave ready from that moment on. (Though there is a bit of a debate on how shave ready it is) Plastic scales (handle) with a shiny finish. Blade is nice; has the dovo logo on one side and nothing on the other. We live in a time where we throw a lot of stuff away. It's become so easy. Something gets used up and is no longer as good as it was, what do we do? Throw it out; get a newer and better one. Happens all the time with cheap shaving razors you see in your local stores. They're even referred to as "throwaways". Then you have your expensive brands that sell you an item that looks cool and does the job but then, eventually, you have to replace the blade. You throw out the head and you have to buy a pack of those heads for a price more than what you paid for the body and initial head. And so that's life. Buy cheap blades or buy a nicer looking one and spend an arm and a leg annually on new blades, to ensure you look respectable and to show others you can take care of yourself. I started to have a problem with this. I was feeling bad because I was throwing so much stuff out and I was feeling bad because I had less money in my pocket. I had an electric razor and that does the job but I've gone through several of them. It was something I thought would last a long time but would end up breaking down. Either something physical would break on it or it wouldn't keep a charge after a while. My last one I've had to keep constantly plugged into the wall. I was getting sick of shelling out more money just to take hair off my face. I started looking into staright razors. Despite a little maintenance to keep the blade sharp, straight razors are items that last a very long time if you know what you're doing. Sure the quality ones cost more than your typical razor where you have to replace the head, but over time you have to spend more money to replace those heads. A straight razor is a one time purchase. It's practically a guarantee that you'll spend less in the long run by picking one of these up. So I bought this one. After about a month of use,(I use it about once a week) I can say that with proper care this blade is still sharp. There's also a little plus for me here: straight razors are iconic in that they're a novel way at shaving. Not everyone today knows how to shave with a straight razor. Life has become faster. People don't have time. But I say make time for this. There's something about shaving with a straight razor that screams cool for me. An open blade with no guard and your going to use that to shave your face and neck?! Believe it or not, it might be one of the best ways to shave. I can't remember getting this close of a shave without developing ingrown hairs. Haven't had any ingrowns with this thing yet. If you're looking to take that next step and switch to a straight razor for shaving, this is a good starter blade. Update: 5/19/17 I've purchased some sharpening stones in the past to keep the edge sharp. Anyone looking into using a straight razor should know that after a while of shaving with it, the blade will begin to lose its edge and will need to be sharpened once again. Let me be clear, I did some research before making these other purchases. Not just on products and brands but in technique on sharpening. There's a lot of info out there that'll show the dos and don'ts of sharpening straight razors. It's not rocket science but it does require some patience, a steady hand (which I hope you have if you're thinking of buying one of these) and the right materials. After sharpening it, I've noticed that the blade cuts smoother than I remember it doing when I first started. (Though that could be because I was still learning) I'm still satisfied with this straight razor a year in. My advice for anyone looking to pick one of these up, do some research in the general upkeep for a straight razor as well. Even if you know you won't be sharpening it yourself. At least you know the process. And if you're going to have someone sharpen it for you look into someone whose sharpened straight razors before (if you don't know someone yet) TL;DR: Great blade. Saves you money over the long run. Gotta learn how to sharpen it though. Or get someone else to do it.

Il rasoio è di buona fattura, necessita di una buona affilatura, consiglio l’acquisto di pietre con grammatura 1000, 3000, 8000 ( per la pietra 8000 consiglio una belga gialla ) ovviamente dopo l’affilatura è necessario utilizzare la coramalla.