Thread: Modified Gold Dollar

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Originally Posted by Del1r1um

For all of you naysayers out there... I have just honed a razor on the tri-hone, and taken a picture under 100x magnification... the results are amazing... BBS all day long, and here is your proof



Sorry Dave but that looks more like 1000x to me

No glen, it's 100x... it's just the lighting

Like I said.. it gets the hairs..BBS, but it may take some of the face with it.

And a finger or three if you're not careful...!

Originally Posted by Lynn

By the way, my microscope is different. It has a red light that says Done on it and it comes on when the razor is properly honed............

Lynn

Ok Lynn ,,, I need a PM telling me where I can purchase it and also if you have any coupons. PLZ!!!!

In another attempt to get back on topic, I'll ask, what is the microscope that you are using? Despite the lighting, the edge looks good.

To the OP, try turning the blade so the light source is coming from the other side. You may get a better image of the bevel. I'll agree that it looks like a lower magnification to me. Under my scope, at 100x all I see is the bevel. Sometimes, not even all of it.

I refuse to get into the merits of his choice of hone. I think there are other ways to deal with the critique of his post.



Goog

Originally Posted by HNSB

...From everything I've read, it seems to me that the issue with them is not the quality of the steel or their ability to hold an edge....

I have honed 4 or 5 GDs, and shaved with them about that number of times. Based on that small amount of experience, I would have to say that the quality of the steel is less than vintage blades, and the ability to hold an edge is also less than vintage blades.

But, this is not to say that the GD won't work for shaving. It will. All I'm saying is that the quality of its steel is less.

Theres no pizazz to the shave either. If you shave with a DOVO it really sings across your face and is a joy to shave with. Other top quality razors like Wackers, DD's, W&B's and so on are the same way: You get a real thrill from shaving with one, and they're little works of art to look at.

GD's remove the hair but thats about it. Its not a joy to shave with one, its just a way of getting hair off your face. They dont look good, they're not made well and they're wooden to shave with.

I dont see how the economy arises either. You pick one up on eBay for $10 or whatever, but by the time you've paid for a rescale, heel grinding and to have it honed its basically costing you as much as a DOVO Best Quality anyway. And thats a much better razor.

Originally Posted by Stubear

Theres no pizazz to the shave either. If you shave with a DOVO it really sings across your face and is a joy to shave with. Other top quality razors like Wackers, DD's, W&B's and so on are the same way: You get a real thrill from shaving with one, and they're little works of art to look at.

GD's remove the hair but thats about it. Its not a joy to shave with one, its just a way of getting hair off your face. They dont look good, they're not made well and they're wooden to shave with.

I dont see how the economy arises either. You pick one up on eBay for $10 or whatever, but by the time you've paid for a rescale, heel grinding and to have it honed its basically costing you as much as a DOVO Best Quality anyway. And thats a much better razor.

Uh oh...it's starting again....

Goog

Originally Posted by greatgoogamooga

Uh oh...it's starting again....

Goog

Who would think that razor would make SOOOO many people talk.

Let's please stop debating about the gold dollar. Been there, done that.

Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

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

I wanted to toss out the Crocodile Dundee reference sooooo bad. Thank you.