Thread: Modified Gold Dollar

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 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.

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.

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.

not sure but if there stainless there still magnetic steel

I found the post with the info from Gold Dollar. Here is a link to the page with the discussion about the "new info" about the the 200, and 300 models. And a screenshot showing the message:

Some stainless are magnetic and some are not it depends of witch alloy

the easiest way to verify for stainless is to buy a bottle of gun blue (around $5)
when applied to steel it will stain it black if it is stailess it will not stain

according to that test my GD200 is stainless

I tested my GD200 with a magnet and it is magnetic. As far as I can tell that just means that it's not Austenitic Stainless. If it is stainless it could still be Ferritic, or Martensitic.

I don't have any gun blue around, so I won't test it that way. I would assume that if one GD200 tested to be stainless with gun blue, then all of them will.