Thread: Modified Gold Dollar

Just ordered one of the208's from jreiter22 he honed it and got it shave ready for me and shipped it on Monday, should be here soon. I'll let you know as soon as I try it out. Will be my first str8 shave though so I dont know how much my input will be worth.

I received a 108 and a 208 from Jay Reiter in the mail yesterday. I honed them both last night. They both honed very easily. I shaved with the 208 this morning and the shave was excellent.

Regards - Walt

Mine came in the mail yesterday about a week after I ordered it. Shipping seems to be very good but the blade itself has significant issues. It is no where near shave ready (for $10-$15 I don't expext it to be). It has some pretty severe scoliosis. It also has one of those rainbow colored discoloration spots about the size of a BB that makes me question the steel quality.

I will contact the seller and try to get a replacement. I will post the results of my interaction with the seller and let everybody know how the customer service is.

Don't know what happened to Jay's thread so I'm posting it here.



Thanks again mate!

I inadvertently had to many threads opened in the Vendor corner. My current thread in the vendor corner is Mystery. Yesterday we put up a site at mysteryrazor.com but it is still a blue screen--Jay

i finished honing the gold dollar and tried the first shave tonight. i was to say at the least very surprised at the shave. it was smooth and overall very, very good, considering the thing only cost $15 including s/h from ebay.
when the razor was received it was not in very good shape(please look at my previous post) the blade honed up very easy and hopefully will hold the nice edge. i would tell anyone that for the money it is a very good straight.

I just shaved with my Gold Monkey 777 (from the parko) and it was awesome. Set the bevel on 1k, worked a pyramid on a 4k/8k, then on to the barber hone and then the CrOx. I had 2 days of growth and it just fell away. 1st pass WTG and 2nd pass ATG. I am very impressed with the monkey, now its time to get a couple of Gold Dollars.

just curious what sort of grit rating you start on to get these shave ready? 4k?

well i finally pulled the trigger on a gold dollar #66 razor. il be saying my prayers every night hoping to not receive a really bad razor!

i have heard talk of people grinding these down to a spike point. how much would this cost? who is doing it? just curious.....

My gold monkey finally came in from mr.parko and it actually seems to be in good condition, the scales are tight and the razor closes very straight. The metal looks pretty clean an straight as well. If I could hone I'd be shaving with it already. Can't wait to throw some new scales on there and see what I can do with it.