DOVO Solingen Straight Razor: Olive Wood Inox 5/8"

My first straight razor. After a bit of practice, gave me the closest, cleanest shave of my life. Being stainless steel is a plus as well.

After stropping with some green rough this straight razor developed a very shave ready edge that I have been using just on the leather side of the strop for about 2 months now and its still shave ready. I would expect that I will run this over a 8K, 10K and 16K stone in about another 3 months.

The rounded point and heal make this razor excellent to learn to shave with and has a short learning curve. After just 3 shaves I have had no nicks or bumps that caused bleeding. Its a very forgiving blade profile.

I've found this blade profile likes to be used at a 20 degree angle compared to 30 degrees to my other brand razor. This again make the blade profile that more forgiving.

The razor arrived quickly from Mens Biz and i was instantly excited as i saw the metal box that contained my new razor. The Razor itself is light, balanced and elegant. Its not a show piece but reeks of classic. For a light beard this razor will work out of the box, but for me a strop was a necessity. After a week of use with stropping each time the blade is becoming sharper and sharper. It now provides a perfect shave. I would recommend this razor to anyone that has been using a shavette that want to move to a more permanent Straight razor finish.