DOVO Solingen Straight Razor: Best Quality Black 5/8" Carbon

I would recommend spending some time honing before using as the edge was out of line with the spine and needed quite a bit of work to straighten but it is a nice razor to use now. Great value for money.

After a very light honing and stropping, I found my new Dovo Solingen straight razor to be of excellent quality, well balanced and effortless to use. It exceeded my expectations and I recommend this razor to anyone, whether new to straight razor shaving or highly experienced.

Simple, practical and performs well. I do recommend honing it before use.

This is a nice simple, no frills blade. The steel is of high quality like all other Dovo blades. The celluloid scales look and feel real nice, but they seem a little flimsy. I've heard that people often crack these scales and after handling it too firmly. I can now understand why.

My blade wasn't really up to my standards for a shave out of the box. After a good strop it was better but still not great.

I took it to my finishing hones first but actually had a little difficulty putting a good edge on it. I attribute this to a slight geometry problem with the blade. The edge didn't sit completely flat on the stone when the spine was laid flat. This is a fairly common issue, and easily correctable with a good honing.

I decided to set a new bevel and took this blade through full progression on stones starting with a Shapton 2k and finishing with a Shapton 12k. This corrected the geometry problem and put a great edge on the blade. It's now the sharpest and best shaving blade I own.

Good quality razor with no problems. Very sharp right out of the box - I just stropped it on chromox loaded balsa, followed by a leather strop, and it's shave ready. Excellent service from Mensbiz, as always.

purchased as a gift for son in law , first straight blade and he loved it , extremely sharp great quality and love the great service .

All around good simple first straight razor. Might need some sharpening out of the box (factory sharp is not perfect) but otherwise great. Men's Biz's service excellent as always.

This is my second "Dovo" straight. My first was the Dovo Inox, so I wanted a carbon steel straight so I could compare it to what I had.

For what you get, its a good value straight. I actually like the laser etching on the blade, its a nice touch.

The only thing I found with my razor was that it wasn't shave ready. I managed to shave with it, but had a bit of pulling and tugging. Nothing a little stropping won't fix!

I'd highly recommend this straight to all shavers, its nice to hold, nicely weighted and looks the part. Put it together with a nice strop and a leather death and you're set.

Thanks again Mensbiz! Another great value product!

Got this as my second straight edge and I have to say Dovo never disappoint! Tested the razor right from the pack and straight away knew it needed to be at least stropped so after I was done with that I got under way shaving and after two runs (WTG & XTG) I was left with that great smooth luxurious feeling you get from a good shave with a sharp razor. Only one thing I didn't like was the cheap flimsy looking set of scales, still had grind marks on them from production... Would not recommend as a gift due to that presentation issue but would recommend if you're looking to add to your own razor collection.

This is my first straight razor and so far so good. A well made shave ready razor. Its more forgiving the shavette also from DOVO.

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An affordable straight razor for those who are just starting out.
has made my decision to spend over 2 x hundred dollars easier and more relaxed, thank you. :)