Thread: lipstick on a pig: black on black... cheapy razor in black horn

Very nice combo!!

Ray

That is a gunuinely Bad Ass piece. Love the overall black
BloodBath

It looks like a blade built for combat use!

Originally Posted by Heespharm

Did I say it was a gold dollar?? ;-)

No you typed it in post #6, you said it was a GD and I said I never would have guessed it was a GD (Golden Duck) rare, very very rare

Your customized Black Ninja GD is wickedly beautiful. It probably gives a good shave too if it's like my GD that takes and holds a good edge. I have a standard 6/8 GD 208 that was honed by a local honemeister. I was a new straight shaver, shaving with a Feather Artist Club SS kamisori style razor for 6 months. My heavy 6/8 GD 208 was the first real straight razor that I ever used. It's still in my rotation and shaves as well as my several new Dovo's and vintage razors that I later acquired. It's fit and finish is rather crude in the shoulder areas but the steel near the edge must be very thin and hard because the blade "sings" with a high pitched tone when I pluck it with my fingernail. My 6/8 Dovo doesn't sing when plucked. Sometimes I deliberately shave with it to remind myself that shaving is a rather primitive endeavor that simplifies down to soap, water and a sharp metal blade irrespective of pretty gold washes and exotic scales. Grab a hunk of sharpened steel and glide it down your face. Ahhhhh ...That's shaving.

Originally Posted by rayj37

Your customized Black Ninja GD is wickedly beautiful. It probably gives a good shave too if it's like my GD that takes and holds a good edge. I have a standard 6/8 GD 208 that was honed by a local honemeister. I was a new straight shaver, shaving with a Feather Artist Club SS kamisori style razor for 6 months. My heavy 6/8 GD 208 was the first real straight razor that I ever used. It's still in my rotation and shaves as well as my several new Dovo's and vintage razors that I later acquired. It's fit and finish is rather crude in the shoulder areas but the steel near the edge must be very thin and hard because the blade "sings" with a high pitched tone when I pluck it with my fingernail. My 6/8 Dovo doesn't sing when plucked. Sometimes I deliberately shave with it to remind myself that shaving is a rather primitive endeavor that simplifies down to soap, water and a sharp metal blade irrespective of pretty gold washes and exotic scales. Grab a hunk of sharpened steel and glide it down your face. Ahhhhh ...That's shaving.

Thanks... Yeah this is the third gd in my 48 razor rotation... It's a good shaver but I think the cheapness of the shave is why people are wowed by it.... I'll take my wacker or my fili or friodur any day of the week over this one... Just a better keenness and edge ... Now is it 300 dollars worth of a better edge... To me? Yes but to others... No

Looks great!

Brilliant looking custom GD! I'll have to try that for myself. Can you give me a link to that bluing process you used?

Nice job Heespharm,
I really like it all black & all, just apply the same methods & scales to a slab of some quality O1 steel instead of the GD and you would have a 100% life keeper anyone would want for their rotation.

are the GD's really as bad a steel as everyone says?
Still don't intend to find out for myself but just a question.

Originally Posted by Substance

Nice job Heespharm,
I really like it all black & all, just apply the same methods & scales to a slab of some quality O1 steel instead of the GD and you would have a 100% life keeper anyone would want for their rotation.

are the GD's really as bad a steel as everyone says?
Still don't intend to find out for myself but just a question.

Mine holds an edge well and sharpens easily... The problem is that when you get them new the blade geometry needs to be fixed (sometimes it can't be) the grind is rough, the shoulder is too big so that should be ground off to hone, not shave ready and other misc finish issues... If you can fix those, rescale it, and and don't mind the guess work.. 4 dollars ain't bad for a razor...