Thread: Modified Gold Dollar

Wait I gotta do my Wifes whole epitaph---- hehehe

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph, God All Mighty, Praise be to Allah, rub a Buddha (she hits them all)


Please all the Gods in heaven spare us from yet another GD/DA thread....



http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ar-razors.html

There are well over 300 posts in that one...

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Wait I gotta do my Wifes whole epitaph---- hehehe

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph, God All Mighty, Praise be to Allah, rub a Buddha (she hits them all)


Please all the Gods in heaven spare us from yet another GD/DA thread....



http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ar-razors.html

There are well over 300 posts in that one...

You the man. Ill go ask on another forum I suppose. Just thought that there might be more to it than the search feature showed me.

I've honed a couple of "Gold Dollars" for some customers for the first time last week.
Here are my impressions.

- The pivot pin is too loose;
- The gap between the toe of the blade and the wedge in the scales is too wide. The size of the scales are slightly bigger than it should;
- Grinding was fairly achieved;
- The final polishing was poor. Scratches are visible along the blade, specially in the shank and the finish is not mirror;
- The etching on the blade is poorly made. You can run your thumb across the etching and feel it has a rough substance on top of the blade. After the shave, by cleaning the blade, the etching began to dilute.
- The shave itself. The steel is fairly decent and can provide a shave from beginning to end, but I don't know for how many shaves the edge will remain sharp.

Conclusion: Cheap? Yes, but you get what you pay for.

Originally Posted by Old67

You the man. Ill go ask on another forum I suppose. Just thought that there might be more to it than the search feature showed me.

It's not that nobody wants you to talk about it... just more that it's been a topic that has had TONS of discussion here. Click on the link Glen posted and you'll be reading for a day or two about people's opinions on Gold Dollar/Double Arrow razors (this is what they used to be branded, and may be a reason for not finding as much info through a search).

Good luck

Originally Posted by Old67

You the man. Ill go ask on another forum I suppose. Just thought that there might be more to it than the search feature showed me.

Heh, you don't even really need to do a search. Your post is at the top of a page that includes posts entitled, 'Gold Dollar Razors' (317 Replies), 'Where are the Gold Dollar razors sold' (33 Replies) and 'Gold Dollar' (4 Replies). There's just a lot of posts about that particular brand at the moment and I think that's what Glen was light-heartedly referring too. As to whether you should go for it, well, it's your choice really, they're so cheap that, for a new razor, you'd have to be unlucky to go really wrong. Can't really say as I haven't got one, I go vintage, often even cheaper, maybe my bad, who knows?

Originally Posted by Old67

Hey all,

So I have read a bunch of searched material about the Gold Dollar razors. It seems to me, and believe me this is a HUGELY UNINFORMED opinion, that China has figured out a way of doing the same thing at a fraction of the cost. People praise them for being a good blade, but how good can a blade be for 20 bucks? Should I pick one up, sight unseen? It is a 200 model from mystery razor. Would getting it shipped up to Canada be a problemo?

My question is this: has anyone owned one for an extended time? Do these inexpensive razors have any drawbacks or do they wear out quickly? Generally I go by the rule that if it looks too good to be true it probably is.

Has anyone ordered through mystic razor before? Am I getting the real thing here? From the pictures the blade looks completely unmarked. Is there any way to be sure that what I am getting is indeed the fabled gold dollar?

Finally, just tell me outright! :

Should I buy it?


Thanks for the help guys

Fabled Gold Dollars come marked and unmarked. I doubt the Chinese have started making fake knock-off copies of their $1.47 razors...

I'm with Glen - I can't imagine anything will be said here that has not been said in at least two other threads. Glen isn't being a smartass or trying to shut you down; it's just a pretty tired subject at this point.

I agree with Leon - they are cheap, grinding is... so so, fit and finish is poor, the whatever it is they put on the blade is poor, the final grind/finish is poor. They give an ok shave, but I don't know how long they'll hold an edge cause I've never shaved more than maybe three times with the same one.

My overall thoughts - I think you are better off buying something shave ready off the classifieds than getting a GD, even if you get a shave ready GD. But there is no "final word" - in the end it's personal preference.

Yeah, there is no such thing as a "final word" on anything shave related. If there were, there would be no need whatsoever for a forum (with multiple sub-forums) to sling the BS about what most guys simply do with a Mach 3 in 5 minutes without giving it a second thought.


Those poor bastards!

One more final word from me:

You can either go out and drop $20 on a Gold Dollar and see how it shaves (it will need to be honed first of all, they come finished off on 400 grit sandpaper from the factory....).

Or, you can go the Ebay and drop $600 on a Filarmonica, and see how it shaves (you'll still need to et this one honed too, most likely, as they are NOS).

Or get a razor somewhere in between.

Or all of the above! Which is what most of us here aspire to.

[QUOTE= I don't shave with the scales (I use the sharp end )

[I]Doh![/I] No wonder I can't get BBS!