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    Good morning SRP!Quick question:does anyone know where Gold Dollar straight razors are made?Im considering purchasing a starter set&have heard good things(and some bad)about these.

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    Without knowing your security clearance level I cannot say. You might look here though.

    http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...tml#post465586

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    Don't let the origin put you off. Ok, they have faults, but how cheap are they?! For the money, they seem great!

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    Which starter set?

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    I've not had a DA or GD, but I honestly think you're probably better off buying vintage. You can get a vintage, shave ready razor for $30 and up, depending on what you're interested in, and you can be certain that you're going to get a quality blade. Take a look on the classifieds.

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    a gd and a da are the same razors, i had a d a that i redid and modfied it i shaved with it for 30 straight days with strpoing every timeand i could not tell any diffrence in the shaves. so for the cost it is a great buy.

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    Awesome razors. I just bought 7. (And no, I'm not kidding)

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    if am not mistaken they made in china.?

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    the bad about gold dollar is probably that theres a bit more work getting them ready for use then other new razors so if you buy shave ready that shouldnt be an issue

    the great thing compared to buying wintage is that these are not unie old razors and easely replaceable
    wich for me atleast allows me not to worry about damaging something old

    vintage razors are to me atleast limited supply even if theres still a lot of them out there and every time one breaks theres one less on the total market

    regardless of price id rather experiment with new production than anything old
    cause new means theres no problem getting the exact same again exept money

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    For around $8 to $10 each it's hard to go wrong if they give a good shave and keep an edge as Ronnie has found. I bought one of each model to see what the differences were and simply to try them out myself. I have them now but have not had a chance to test them yet. I figure if I don't like them I have a few new blades to play with for making some really wild custom scales. But from what I read here they should give at least an adequate shave. We'll see.

    Also I just found that Mr.Parko is wiling to sell them directly to us to avoid the compound Ebay/PayPal fees. I can't say I blame him. I got a PM from him last week but deleted it so I can't post his username now. I guess once he makes the minimum number of posts we'll be able to snag them here. It'll also allow us to ask him questions if he has good background info to share. I am curious about them so I hope he starts to post here more.

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