Thread: Modified Gold Dollar

There was a Gold Dollar thread a few years back that went to all out war. Hilarious stuff. Be warned. You have now opened the door to endless argument. buckle up.

Originally Posted by JohnnyCakeDC

There was a Gold Dollar thread a few years back that went to all out war. Hilarious stuff. Be warned. You have now opened the door to endless argument. buckle up.

It was me making that thread a couple weeks back. I was only planning to use it for a week+ until my Brian Brown came in, and I did It held up fine, although not a huge pleasure to use because of really flimsy scales. I also got a model 200, which is the same as yours with different scales, and it seems to be of better quality steel than the model 66. No rusting and staining as the first blade. It required some shoulder work before honing as the first, but it ended up quite nice actually. Now GD threads tends to be closed, so enjoy it while you can.

The steel is good enough, but the quality control is a lottery. If you get a good one its great value, mine needed some work before I could hone it properly but now its a great little shaver.

I have a question regarding the different models of the Gold Dollar straight razors. I have noticed that some models advertised on ebay as stainless steel and some as carbon steel. I have even seen the model 66 advertised there as stainless and another advertising the exact same model (66) as carbon steel? Can anyone give me any info on whether it is stainless or carbon steel? And if you know which models are carbon steel that would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. And yes I know there are better brands out there. And would like info from people that own one please. -Mack

i have a 208 and 3- 66's......

the 208 is stainless...
the 66's are carbon.....

all 4 of them are excellent shavers once you get them properly honed.... *(i had no problem honing any of them... and they all took a excellent edge)...

i will have 4 more 66's on the way shortly to complete a 7 day set....

Charles I got another GD for you to take a crack at if you're ready for the challenge again. I've tried twice to get the bevel and it's totally kicked my ass thus far. I'm gonna take one more crack at getting it tonight I never thought to fix the shoulder so I'll take care of that first. If I can't get to tonight I would have no problem letting you take a wack at it if you wanted a challenge.

cheers
-Omid

Originally Posted by tinkersd

I myself love my Gold Dollar razors, have 2 of them, a #208 and a #100, both good shavers, but I would like to re-scale them both, don't know were to get a couple of pairs of decent affordable scales though, what's on will do for now, excellent shaver as I stated.

Thanks for letting me chime in, have a great BBS everyday!

tinkersd of SRP.

It only takes me a couple of hours to make and fit acrylic scales - and the material can be had for nothing.
I find it easy to work with and looks good when finished.
Give it a go - what have you got to loose?

Ok. I'm in awe of some pictures on another site. I hope that this doesn't get pulled, but I'm posting so that some people may enjoy a true genius at work on what most of us wouldn't even think of trying:

Those "look" cool!