Quote Originally Posted by Phrank View Post
Well, that may be your opinion, but the two I have, if I was to use them to shave, wouldn't make it more than three or four shaves before they'd have to hit the Nani 12k, minimum for a refresh.My other blades, most over a year old, have been honed once, and never needed anything more than good stropping and some crox now and then.
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My Double Arrow, arguably identical to Gold Dollars, has 35 shaves and counting on just clean strops. My GD behaved the same before I PIFed it to a new straight enthusiast.

It is not my "opinion" that another shaver has committed to a year of GD shaves to show that the razor is viable, it is a fact that he is actually doing it.

Do GDs and DAs have geometry issues?(ret) Absolutely. Will they be passed down and treasured by relatives? No, they are cheap junk. But the vast majority of them are capable of holding a great edge. The last statement, of course, is my opinion.