Thread: Modified Gold Dollar

Originally Posted by Del1r1um

When you say scratches and blemishes on the bevel, but the cutting edge is ok, what are you calling the bevel? Are you doing a double bevel, leaving blemishes on the first bevel, then finishing with a microbevel by adding tape to the spine, or are you talking about the factory bevel that isn't being completely honed due to poor grinding on the GD's? i just ask to be comprehensive, as it is now, I can't honestly see the edge very well.


To answer your question, I don't think anything can be concluded from the pictures other than I don't see any major chips. The lighting isn't really giving a good look at the edge. Regardless, we still wouldn't be able to tell how smooth a shaver it is. My edges after a BBW look nice and straight with no blemishes, but it isn't as smooth a shaving edge as my coticule produces. (call me crazy, but the coticule actually looks like a bit less polished under magnification, but what can I say... it works MUCH better).


Oh yeah, forgot to ask... are you saying that after shaving with your magnetic the bevel has scratches on it? Are these scratches not there pre-shaving?

Just a single bevel started on a BBW followed by a coticule and finished on a green and red pasted paddle strop...

As for the magnetic, I haven't looked at it pre shave. When I got it it was shave ready so I never took the time to hone it up myself, I am guessing that would remove most of the scratches on the bevel.

Whasup bud! I know its been a long minute since Ive been seen in this parts,but still alive(somewhat).I actually own and shave daily with a GD.Whilst it does hold true that you get what you pay for,considering the low price tag,the GD holds its own.Using tips from SRP I learned how to hone a straight.Surprisingly enough I took another tip from a Great Outdoors type of guy.He told me to try a Smiths Tri-Hone which contains two diffferent textures of Arkansas natural stone and one carborundum.The results were outstanding and under forty bucks!

Originally Posted by Chopkins

Whasup bud! I know its been a long minute since Ive been seen in this parts,but still alive(somewhat).I actually own and shave daily with a GD.Whilst it does hold true that you get what you pay for,considering the low price tag,the GD holds its own.Using tips from SRP I learned how to hone a straight.Surprisingly enough I took another tip from a Great Outdoors type of guy.He told me to try a Smiths Tri-Hone which contains two diffferent textures of Arkansas natural stone and one carborundum.The results were outstanding and under forty bucks!

yup those tri hones are awesome. Spyderco even makes one with 5 grids

Are you guys saying this hone to sharpen razors???????????




Cabela's -- Tri-Hone Knife Sharpener

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Are you guys saying this hone to sharpen razors???????????




Cabela's -- Tri-Hone Knife Sharpener

Are you saying that's not a razor?

Originally Posted by Utopian

Are you saying that's not a razor?

He's your problem now Glen!...... and you are welcome to him!

Originally Posted by Utopian

Are you saying that's not a razor?

'At's not a razor... THIS is a razor

THIS is a razor



Can we get back on topic?

Originally Posted by Utopian

Are you saying that's not a razor?

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

He's your problem now Glen!...... and you are welcome to him!

Kelly you can not do that to me..

No way, ain't happening..

Originally Posted by TheSkyer

Can we get back on topic?

OK, yeah, sorry, let's get back on the topic, which was criticizing your images.
Are you certain that the magnification is 100X? It doesn't really look like it to me. Of course the bevel would have been more apparent if the lighting were different but still the edge itself does look like it held up quite well. As others have said, perhaps begrudgingly, the steel is pretty good. The problem is that the steel is too often formed into an awful misshapen mess.