Thread: Modified Gold Dollar

Originally Posted by hothotpot

does one honing is engough of a GD 200 for a year?

That'll depend on the toughness of your beard, what your stropping is like and how well you look after the razor, as well as how well the razor holds its edge.

Assume me as a newbie sir.

Originally Posted by hothotpot

does one honing is engough of a GD 200 for a year?

It all depends on your stropping technique. Poor stropping technique can ruin an edge the first time it's done.

I read the claims that the 200 is stainless steel. I handle a large volume of the GDs and done some comparison checks. I don't see the 200 as SS. Where is the reference that says that they are? Don't get me wrong. If they are SS, their price makes them a incredible find. I do handle many stainless steel razors from customers. I also have a few in my rotation. I just don't see that the 200 is stainless.

Originally Posted by Kenrup

I read the claims that the 200 is stainless steel. I handle a large volume of the GDs and done some comparison checks. I don't see the 200 as SS. Where is the reference that says that they are? Don't get me wrong. If they are SS, their price makes them a incredible find. I do handle many stainless steel razors from customers. I also have a few in my rotation. I just don't see that the 200 is stainless.

I also have my questions in regards to this.

I have two of the GD 800 series, which is undoubtably stainless, and also cost 10x what the carbon blades did from the factory.

I had two of the 200 series, and they did not strike me as being stainless. But I sold them before the claims surfaced that they may be, so i could not investigate any further.

stainless is not magnetic that would be the best way to tell

Originally Posted by Seraphim

When they come fresh from the factory the edge is 95% of the time a bit wavy/mishapen at the heel. I have never had one that I would even consider trying to shave with out of the box (but perhaps that's just my OCD about what is "shave ready" to me).

Once they are honed up, they can in fact be as good a shaver as almost any other razor out there.

Take it for what it's worth, as I am not an unbiased opinion on the subject, but I have had the opportunity to see, handle, hone, modifify, re-scale, etc, etc, many of these beasts. They are not "joke" razors. They certainly are quirky though!

what about the selective brand of razors? sorry to hijack

Originally Posted by Kenrup

I read the claims that the 200 is stainless steel. I handle a large volume of the GDs and done some comparison checks. I don't see the 200 as SS. Where is the reference that says that they are? Don't get me wrong. If they are SS, their price makes them a incredible find. I do handle many stainless steel razors from customers. I also have a few in my rotation. I just don't see that the 200 is stainless.

I'll see if I can find it, but there were two sources. One was in a Google search, and the other was in one of the posts on this forum. Someone had correspondence with the Gold Dollar factory, and they listed each razor and in that list it said that the 200, 300, and 800 were the stainless models. Also, it said that the 800 was made with Japanese steel which is why it is significantly more expensive than the 200 and 300.

Originally Posted by ShawnWmDavis

stainless is not magnetic that would be the best way to tell

If it is not magnetic that would tell if it is stainless, but if it is magnetic it could still be. Some stainless steels are magnetic, and others are not. I'll check my GD200 with a magnet when I get home today.

From the GD website:

Razor
Mdoel:74
material: alloy

Razor
Model:200
material: alloy

Razor
Model:800
material: stainless steel

So, according to their own website (and the correspondance I had with the factory) the model 800 is the stainless model. The 200 and basic 74 model are both regular HC ("alloy") steel.

I'd love to hear more from folks who have one though.