Thread: Modified Gold Dollar

I have one I grabbed up to practice all kinds of stuff on, it now has a spanish point, worked back, one hell of an edge and a new pair of scales. I figured it would just be a disposable $12 dollars (I got the 777) - I've had no issues and so far it seems to hold an edge just fine.

I have a Gold Dollar 100 that I shaved with last night for the 3rd time. I noticed the first 2 shaves weren't as smooth as I thought they should be so before I shaved the 3rd time I did several passes on my C12K followed by 20 chrome ox/rough leather, 20 chrome ox/balsa, stropped 50 linen, 100 Russian Shell, 50 felt, 100 leather, and finally 200 newspaper. Just before shaving I did 50 felt & 50 leather (ChrisL strop) and got one of the best shaves I've had. The only thing I have that shaves better, but not much better, is a Frederick Reynolds and a Wade & Butcher Special. Been hearing good things about the Gold Monkey 777, may order one or a Gold Dollar 108 or 208 this weekend.

Originally Posted by DoughBoy68

...I did several passes on my C12K followed by 20 chrome ox/rough leather, 20 chrome ox/balsa, stropped 50 linen, 100 Russian Shell, 50 felt, 100 leather, and finally 200 newspaper...

And you had enough energy left to shave

There's one in every crowd...LOL! I did it the day before I was going to shave with it, except the 50/50 right before the shave, but I like your thinking and sense of humor, that's one thing I've learned you can always find here. You guys are always looking for a chance.....I like that!

This is my humble take on the "Gold Dollar".

If you look at it for what it is, which is,

1) A sharp object to remove hair with a handle that doubles as a sheath.

Don't compare it to any other razor, class, manufacture, country of origin blah, blah, blah and the answer is................................................ ....

Simple. Honed properly this razor cannot be beat in the function of removing hair. period.

my 2 cents which is shared by MANY but not all.

IIRC it was on one of the DA threads that somebody put it best...

"If Walmart made a razor, this would be it"

That was in my review of the DA

Originally Posted by gssixgun

IIRC it was on one of the DA threads that somebody put it best...

"If Walmart made a razor, this would be it"

Originally Posted by gssixgun

"If Walmart made a razor, this would be it"

I think the possibility of Walmart actually making anything is quite remote.

As for the GD, both of mine performed quite nicely after some attention on an 8k hone and a pasted strop. They have both required more frequent touching up than better blades and to be sure the grind on neither is especially pretty, but the edges are straight and they sharpened up easily enough.


Best Regards


goshawk

I'm pretty sure all three of mine were sharpened on a belt grinder (over the pully) at the factory. I say this because under a loupe my honing marks fall right along the edge while the factory bevel extends farther up toward the spine. It looks like I used a couple layers of tape on the spine when in fact I didn't.

Here is a youtube video where Bill Ellis is doing this on a vintage restoration. The first part of the video shows Bill reshaping the blade. I'm referring to the part at 1:45 where he re-establishes the edge bevel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nALvqPez9fU