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Er, okayyyyyy..... LOL please do make this your sig!I don't intend on buying another SR for the next 40-50 years
Such wonkiness is almost universal in the entry level Dovos but I thought the Barbarossa was supposed to be a mid-range model. Anyway, for the "Best Quality", "Special", and others of that ilk, and the re-brands made by Dovo, this is very very common. However, the steel is good. It just needs someone who understands the razor, to hone it, particularly to set the bevel initially. I believe that most of them can be honed normally on a normal stone or plate, once they have been properly dealt with. Won't be nothing pretty, but pretty don't shave. The width of the bevel face will not be consistent along the whole length of the blade, nor will it be equal on both sides. That's actually sort of okay, as long as there IS an actual bevel face along the length of both sides, and they intersect at an apex along the entire edge, without forcing it on narrow hones or highly convexed hones or things like that.
I own I think 9 Bismarcks, six of them made by Dovo since they took over the brand. None of them have any significant wonkiness in them. I have owned three entry levels, all lemons, probably worse than what you have. Two were Bests, one was a rebranded Conk. They can usually be beaten into shape with heavy handed but knowledgeable honing, but it is not a job for a beginner.
I doubt that you will get any joy from the factory. They know that their entry level blades are garbage. Where Boker throws them in the scrap pile for recycling when they come out twisty and warpy and assymmetrical, Dovo stamps them "Best Quality", the second biggest lie in the world of shaving.
Contact Glen at GemStar Customs. I know he has dealt with these a lot. Also see if Alfredo, AKA @Doc226 can do it. Capable he is. Not busy he isn't.