As said above once the quality as been assessed by one of the more experienced members of this forum, or 2 I'd buy 5 or so of these.
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As said above once the quality as been assessed by one of the more experienced members of this forum, or 2 I'd buy 5 or so of these.
Jockeys looking forward to your review, if they are Double Arrow quaility, when the group purchase comes around put me in for $75 worth !!
How is it with the razors? Are they already sent or will we just have to have a bit more patience? Because I’m also looking for a cheap razor where I can learn to rescale and stuff like that.
Guus
I'd be interested in anywhere from 2-10 depending on cost and whether or not they can be honed up into a good shaver.
Does this look familiar to anyone?? It looks a whole lot like the "double arrow" I bought off ebay for 15$. I've not personally ordered one, but I might. Could it possibly be a Gold dollar group??
So did you get the razors???
mh
Ken Rup is apparently selling them on his site now. I wonder how they're doing?
Word on the street is to buy stock in Dremel grinding bits....:w
I have some GDs on the way. I'll be going into full production: thumbnotches, worked backs, Szechuan points, the works.:nj
I am also getting a couple of their stainless model for evaluation purposes.
quit threw up hands walked off ????? fini?
k i guess
I bought mine from Kenrup, and mine shaves well. I'm a newbie, so I dont have too much else to go on, except one other blade I have.
The Gold Dollars are doing pretty well. I worked with the manufacture about quality control and better finishing. He still says they are shave ready. They are not. This is a 60x photo of the stock blade. Notice the straight scratch marks. A sure sign of machine honing. The bevel to belly line is not very clean. The edge is also rather rough.
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...stockMar09.jpg
This is a shot of a honed Gold Dollar.
I circled the bevel to belly line and the flat of the bevel. It does take a great edge.
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...ftermarked.jpg
The quality control is significantly better then what we saw earlier. The scales are better aligned and the pinning is improved with fewer bent pins. I still finish the pins. The one problem that the Gold Dollar has now is that the heel of the razor often protrudes below the scales with the blade is closed. I'm grinding heel to a smoother and shallower curve. I am very pleased with the quality of the steel. It hones great and still holds a great edge. As with any razor, the better your stropping technique the better your edge performs and lasts.
I do reject some of the razors for either poor scales or bent blade. I am rescaling the good blades. I'm experimenting on the rejected blades.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/%3Cim...ar09.jpg%22%3E
Yea i see... i got a model 66 & 108 off ebay was wonderin what the chances of a 200 & 300 model would be looks like you got the clue ...found some ...look like da's to me onthere 2 scales ain't never right.
mh
Hey! I'm interested. Maybe for 5-10 depending on price & quality!
they gave up months ago.....
mh