Thread: Dovo Perlex? or Dovo Micarta?

Originally Posted by altshaver

Is the micarta blade made from a mixture of metal as in "damascus" steel? I thought those blades were the same as the Dovo 41's.

No it's regular stainless steel, the pattern is decorative. I don't know whether the blades are the same, they seemed different to me, but I don't have the statistics to know.

Originally Posted by The_Pastor

I took of the scales, and threw them away. Then I bought a set of perlex scales and made the "Miclex":

You know, micarta is the material of the scales, once you get rid of it there's no micarta left in the razor whatsoever. Your job now is to come up with a better name. The blade says 'en vogue', so how about envoglex?

I'd go for the perlex myself the micarta is a little thicker in the hands, while the perlex would be more manageable.

Originally Posted by Rekonball

I'd go for the perlex myself the micarta is a little thicker in the hands, while the perlex would be more manageable.

Over the last 20 years i have had 3 razor with plastic or Perlex scales. I now own a
Micarta one. It is true that the Micarta scale is thicker but i feel it will probably
last longer. The one that broke all broke at the level of the pivot pin. I might go
for wood scales for the next one.

Are there places that will replace the scale only? I still have 2 broken razors but
the blades are still in perfect shape.

Sylvain