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DOVO 5/8 Olivewood Barbarossa Razor

£130.50

The DOVO 5/8 Barbarossa has been designed specifically for those straight razor enthusiasts who do not want to rid their face of hair entirely but rather want to trim and shape it. The 5/8 carbon full hollow blade has a square point and has an engraving of the famous bearded Emperor Barbarossa on the blade, hence the name ! Finished this time with attractive olivewood scales.

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The DOVO 5/8 Barbarossa has been designed specifically for those straight razor enthusiasts who do not want to rid their face of hair entirely but rather want to trim and shape it.  The special feature of this straight razor is its short blade. This makes it particularly maneuverable and precise to control. Thus the user can shape and contour his beard with millimetre accuracy.

The 5/8 carbon full hollow blade has a square point and has an engraving of the famous bearded Emperor Barbarossa on the blade, hence the name ! Finished this time with attractive olivewood scales.

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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.