Free worldwide Shipping on all razor orders over £125

                   

Dovo 5/8 Barbarossa Faux Tortoiseshell Carbon Steel Razor

£127.00

This 5/8 Barbarossa Shavette straight razor features a short blade of approximately 52 mm length. This version has a carbon steel satin finished full hollowed blade which features the Barbarossa motif in black. The scales are a very attractive faux tortoiseshell bearing the Dovo Solingen mark, and the end of the scales are shaped to mirror the blade’s Spanish point.

In stock

Description

This 5/8 Barbarossa Shavette straight razor features a short blade of approximately 52 mm length. This version has a carbon steel satin finished full hollowed blade which features the Barbarossa motif in black. The scales are a very attractive faux tortoiseshell bearing the Dovo Solingen mark, and the end of the scales are shaped to mirror the blade’s Spanish point.

According to Dovo, the word “shavette” is being used here in it’s true meaning of “small razor”, hence this razor has a fixed blade and does not have the interchangeable blades which you would normally associate with the word shavette. The short blade with its Spanish point is particularly suited to contouring and shaping beards.

“Barbarossa” means red beard in Italian and the razor seems to be named after Frederick I, known as Frederick Barbarossa, who was a 12th Century King of Germany and who became one of the most celebrated Holy Roman Emperors.

We do also have a range of shavettes with replaceable blades.

SHAVE READY – Unlike some retailers, our razors are not supplied as they come from the factory. We individually prepare all the razors we sell. For full details see our policy.

Additional information

Size

Steel Type

Scale Material

Scale Colour

Grind Type

Point

Brand

Brand

Dovo

Dovo History

Founded in 1906, the company DOVO Steelware of Solingen, Germany was originally purely a factory producing straight razors, with a forge and hollow grinding shop employing thirteen workers. The name DOVO derives from the names of the founders of the company, Mr. Dorp and Mr. Voos. As a mark of German craftsmanship, the name "Solingen" enjoys the confidence of the whole world. In order to keep this trust and with it the reputation of the Solingen cutting tools, and to prevent misuse of this name, the German government passed a law in 1938 to protect the name of Solingen. The law makes stipulations relating to the geography of the production area with the intention of protecting regional industry. If an article is manufactured in Solingen but the raw materials (i.e. the blanks) are produced elsewhere, the article may not bear the Solingen name. The law "for the protection of the name of Solingen", distinguishes between so-called hot-forged and the cold-forged items, which do not bear the Solingen mark of quality.

The name Dovo of Solingen, has therefore become synonymous with the Dovo quality standard of German engineering and the hot forged steel processes still used in production of the fine shaving razors listed on this website.

You may also like…