Thread: Gold Dollar?

These Gold Dollar threads usually don't end well for the Gold Dollar, haha!

Yeah, I suppose we should not descend into another one.

Put it this way, they are not as bad as a Zeepk razor.

I beg to differ, my Zeepk razor is doing just fine as a letter opener.

It's all about the steel. It's all about the bevel. It's all about the honing and stropping. Hell, you can take a butter knife and sharpen it up, shave with it and probably keep a good edge if it's good high carbon steel. Unfortunately, Gold Dollar razors aren't very good steel. Do yourself a favor and invest in a decent razor. Garbage in, Garbage out!

OK, meanness aside, and in direct answer to the question, I can get around 20 decent shaves with a GD razor before needing a touch up.

That's pretty darn good!

I got mine as a gift. Stabilizer fixed and honed. Got 3 good shave from it so far and put it away. So mine will be a great shaver for ever as im not sure i plan on using it much. So it should have another 15+ good shaves left. Nice to know. Maybe next year ill worry about it.

I bought one on a whim from a (former) member here who does a lot of work on the things. Fixes the spine width, removes the stabilizer, etc... I wanted it just because it looked very cool. I did not expect much from it but it takes and holds a very good edge. It was a little temperamental (chippy) but when I adjusted my technique it produced a great edge. I did put some scales on it that quadrupled the value of it

With all of that said, I would not recommend a stock GD to a newbie as it may sour them on this hobby. If you get one that has been 'worked', you could do very well with it.

Originally Posted by kelbro

I did put some scales on it that quadrupled the value of it .

That didnt take much to do. I bet the time you put into the scales cost more than any of it. Ha.
I used mine to practice pinning but those plastic scales just wont tighten up. Ill have to make some scales for it too.

This reminds me of a joke I heard from a Guy from West Germany about a car made in East Germany...

Q: How do you double the value of a Trabant?

A: Fill the gas tank.