Hallo I live in South Africa I bought a gold dollar 66 with honing stones and strop it came in a bundel from aliexpress for 28 bucks something ,I'm awaiting shipment should be deu middel of june
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Hallo I live in South Africa I bought a gold dollar 66 with honing stones and strop it came in a bundel from aliexpress for 28 bucks something ,I'm awaiting shipment should be deu middel of june
Welcome to SRP. Don't become frustrated with your new razor and stones when you get them as Gold Dollars aren't known for their quality and it sounds like too good of a deal to be true. Any way there is lots of information here with plenty of people willing to help. Feel free to ask questions.
thank you thought it too but will see when the package arives
Attachment 264244 this was the picture with it, the stones are 800;3000;6000;10000
Hi and welcome. There's plenty of information on the gold dollars just do a search. As for honing it has a learning curve so don't expect to get it straight away. Have a look at the library there is plenty of starters info and exactly what you will need to be successful. Check out the videos by Gssixgun on the YouTube to get a better idea of honing. Good luck and any questions feel free to ask
Welcome to SRP!!
There's a lot of great folks and info here, check out the library. And as said ask questions, you'll get all the help you need.
Enjoy and have fun!!!!!
thank's this is my second forum i've joined the previous one was a ecig forum that helped a lot but as I managed to quit im looking for something else to do
Gold Dollars are not the easiest razors to hone or to use, but with patience and a little work, they are capable of giving a decent shave.
You did not give any indication of the type and grit of the stones that were included in the kit. You need one stone of approximately 1000 grit to set the bevel on the razor. Then you need a higher grit stone (3000-6000 grit) to remove the scratches from the bevel that were caused by the 1000 grit stone. Finally, you need a finishing stone of 8000 grit or higher to produce an edge acceptable for shaving. There is an advanced technique called one stone honing that allows you to use a single stone to accomplish prefinishing and finishing steps, but not every stone is capable of doing both functions.
With the Gold Dollar 66 razors, it is necessary to modify the heal of the razor so the blade will lay flat on the hones. There are YouTube videos that show how to do this.
Before using your hones, you will need to make sure they are flat using a technique called lapping. Again, there are videos that show how to flatten stones. You can use silicon carbide sandpaper (around 400 grit) on a flat surface to do this until you get a special lapping plate.
Then there are videos on how to inspect a blade for issue that may need correcting during the honing process. A Gold Dollar is likely to have one or more such issues that need fixing .
Finally, you need to learn how to hone the razor and how to test the edge of the razor to see if it is suitable for shaving. Some type of magnifier such as a jewelers loupe or microscope is useful it inspecting your progress.
If all of this sounds complicated, well it is. That is why more experienced members of the forum recommend against purchasing a Gold Dollar as your first razor. Learning how to strop and shave with a straight razor has enough challenges of its own that you do not need the additional challenges of learning how to hone at the same time. If you have difficulty shaving with the blade, you will not know if the problem is with your shaving technique, or with the way the blade was honed.
Thus, the best idea is to purchase a quality razor from someone who can put a shave ready edge on the edge before you get it.
That being said, Gold Dollar razors are an excellent choice for those who want to learn how to hone. You do not want to start honing with an expensive razor as you may well ruin the razor if you make mistakes. If you ruin a GD, you can replace it inexpensively. Once you succeed, you do have a razor that will give a decent shave and the skills you learn will serve you well in honing better razors in the future.
Thank you for the advice,I took the to shave and hone but I bought a de safety razor at the same time and i'm lovin it but im looking for more. will a shavett be suitable for learning to shave first
Hello Reijnier and welcome to SRP.
Great to see someone joining from South Africa.
It will be great to hear about the straight razor shaving experience from your part of the world.
All the help you need, and all the questions that you have can be taken care of here.
Enjoy the learning experience and your time here on the forum.
Have fun!
Pete <:-}
Thank you ,there is not ass much as i'd like but theres hope and lots of space for someone to start with a little enterprise
Welcome to SRP!! You are in the right place to learn or refine your knowledge about anything Wet Shaving... Enjoy!! :)
Shawn
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Thank you I'm in the right place
Welcome to SRP!
There are a lot of honing videos out there and a lot of techniques. It looks like those are narrow hones so you will want to concentrate on the videos that talk about the X stroke honing.
Make sure you read the Beginners Section in the Library and ask us any questions that you have. We are here to help.
The hones are tiny but for starting I think the bundel is good but wat ill get is a different matter .My shave spending will be halted there a lot ishould before spending more than that on just one item
Welcome to SRP Reijnier. Nice to have another South African on board.
Where in SA are you?
Pop over to our local SA forum on Mastershave and introduce yourself there.
If you shave test a razor is it considerd a second hand razor
Ermelo mpumalanga thanks was wondering if sa had one
As far as I know, there isn't anyone from Mpumalanga, we're mostly JHB/Pretoria based with the odd one from the Cape.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reijnier
Here's the link to our local forum. The Master Shave Forum • Index page
There are a couple of us who use straight razors but most use DE's
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reijnier
I created an account and sent a email to administrator
Can you name some online shaving stores focus on straight razors
Welcome to the forum. :)
Welcome to the forum!
A DE allows you to explore the world of sharp and dull. There are a lot of DE blade choices.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reijnier
Hunt a sample kit if you can. I have mixed opinions on the shavett and since they
use half a DE razor they do not add to the sharp/dull but do give you an open blade.
Since you have a DE and the GoldDollar the first bit to work on is "Latherin".
Find a brush and some nice shave soaps or creams.
You are in SA so I am not sure what choices you have.
In the US I would have you grab an inexpensive
OMEGA 10098 PROFESSIONAL BOAR SHAVING BRUSH
and PRORASO SHAVING CREAM IN A TUBE.
This is the least expensive "Lathering" starting point
that I would recommend.
There are many many brushes, shave soaps and creams but
I know that a pea size bit of Proraso on a puck of shave
soap like Williams will lather just fine. Some bars of bath soap
are better than Williams ;-).
With a boar brush and practice you can make a darn fine lather
with a worthy shave soap.
A darn fine lather with a DE, Str8 (open blade razor) or shavett
is important so give some attention to you face and whisker
preparation. i.e. "Latherin"
Attachment 264424
bought these arived yesterday shaved with the black container for 50 rand about 4 dollars it makes a nice lather but my brush is no good ,but im awaiting a pure badger brush with lather bowl and wall mount
Because the stones are narrow I'm afraid of aplying too much pressure that the blade edge cups around the stones and bend or warp I thought to place the remainder stones besides them for support are their other solutions or no need please help and should I open a tread
Hi Reijnier,
The stones you purchased are not for honing razors, in fact they are made to fit the Edge Pro knife sharpening system, If you want to seriously hone your own razors you will need to invest in a few half decent stones, good luck let the journey begin.
https://youtu.be/Of0n13u_n8o
If I do it like this
No your stones are smaller and they were not made for honing razors, the video you show is honing a razor using a coticule your stones are only suitable for use with the knife sharpening system called the Edge Pro.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reijnier
To make things easier, you could glue (epoxy) the narrow hones to lumber cut slightly wider and around twice as long, to make paddles. Strokes would be more laterally-biassed (more side-to-side) than shown on many videos, using a kind of rolling X-stroke by default.
I hope that they work because I bought it as a bundle
I opened a thread specific for this subject thanks
Yep there are a couple sharpening systems that use cut down bits of great hones.Quote:
Originally Posted by celticcrusader
Since he has them he is right to keep the pressure light.
Use an X type of stroke so the entire edge is honed.
I would place them on a wet rectangular kitchen sponge so the sponge can flex and help keep the skinny hone flat
against the razor. The sponge should not 'squish' too much and might make keeping a light touch easier.
Place the spine on the stone first and let it all line up then bring the edge to the hone and stroke.
A lot of the older natural hones are narrow yet are excellent hones and finishers.
Just not as narrow as the Edge Pro folk cut theirs.
Moving forward you will want full size hones but with caution and care use what you have,
it can be made to work. Use a waterproof marker and make sure to mark each grit.
In some cases the skinny side of hones or cut downs like these are used to rescue and
hone abused or warped blades.
You will get use out of them....
Thank you I bought them now ill have to use them
Ive asked my father he said I should try it vertically
