Dovo Masters 1176810 German Straight Razor | Carbon Steel | 6/8 Size | Full Hollow Ground | Round Point | Grenadille Wood Handle | Made in Germany

$219.00

Dovo Masters Straight Razor | One of Three Flagship 6/8″s | Grenadille Wood Scales

Description

Dovo’s Masters straight razor 176810 was a premium version of the Best Quality 100681 razor (selected for best workmanship).  Engraving’s added to the spine, and in this case a premium discontinued Grenadille handle’s paired.   5/8″ razors are plentifully produced, but in classic dimensions there’s only the BQ in 6/8″ left today for a round head 6/8″ with conventional shoulder/tang (the Bismarcks 26810/26820/26830 have no shoulders).

6/8″ Size That’s Great for Big Hands

A 6/8″ razor in this classic shape (~5.6×20.3mm, with shoulder) is ideal for those with large hands, and certainly the Grenadille scales nicely aid the balance.  File jimps (the small ridges) above and below the tang (the part held while shaving) further improve handling and provide confidence.  The Dovo Masters straight razor weighs ~62 grams.   Choose yours from pics of actual stock!

 

“Shave Ready”?

This business is wholly centered upon the sale of one hollow ground straight razor to one shaver one at a time; “1 str8rzr alone” is ~50% of all our orders.    You may elect to have your Masters with factory edge or further honed by ‘TSS’, as only you see fit; there is not a right or wrong answer.    ‘TSS’ rather doubts the worth of debating this ‘Shave Ready’ concept today;  anyone can bandy that term about as if objective, meaningful information (like a sprinter’s time), but in fact it is completely subjective.

If you elect for the factory edge (= do nothing, no note needed @ checkout), you’ll receive your razor exactly as its manufacturers intended…pretty simple!

If you elect for The Superior Shave to further hone your razor  [plz add “note to vendor” @ checkout], the Masters will be honed in the manner taught in 2016 to The Superior Shave’s proprietor by two kind Solingen master grinders (whom did/do not work for Dovo, but do use similar 1840s grinders’ textbooks methods).    Regardless of their poor refinement  compared to further-honed ‘Honemeister’ edges on offer,  some physical elements of factory edges remain superior to most further honing attempts.   The Superior Shave will devote the extra time to your razor a dying industry cannot afford in overhead, without taking away the factory edge’s inherently advantaged geometric metrics.     We’re confident we offer the materially thinnest  further-honed-by-vendor edge available for purchase – you’ll need to try that to understand why it matters.     Please note: in the professional opinions of German and French razor grinders, a straight razor is not properly honed unless flush to the hone, without tape, so visual evidence of honing is unavoidable when honing is performed correctly according to its makers (we add Vaseline to your razor’s faces and use compatible honing fluid to help a little).

We hone with a method best coined as “the opposite of tape“ where a hone’s geometry’s wholly catered to performance of the razor and to no other concern.  Unfortunately, this topic cannot be discussed upon any English-based straight-razor-centric forum because a select group of e-enthusiasts cannot  abide such open discourse.     Be encouraged to think for yourself, and let your beard and sense of touch be the judge; there is a lot of misinformation out there, much purportedly from experts!     We wish you good shopping, and Happy Shaving.

Additional information

Weight 7 oz
Dimensions 6 × 4 × 2 in
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