Thread: About the Gold Dollar razors

Here is an objective look at a Gold Dollar that I just honed up minutes ago.

Magnification is ~400xx

First pic is the factory fresh edge....MMmmm...MMM, doesn't that look tasty?

Next is the DMT1200 (this sucka is well broken in!), then 5um alum oxide lapping film (the DMT1200 gave a nicer finish...), then 3um alum oxide lapping film, then 1um alum oxide lapping film, then 1um lapping film over a layer of paper, then a shot of a HHT hair end off of that edge (this is the level I usually shave off of), then 0.5um diamond film on paper, then finally 0.1um diamond film over paper.

And for the sake of comparrison here is the edge of a WorldMaster, I touched up yesterday, also finished to 0.1um diamond level.

Follwed by the edge of a brand new Merkur DE blade (you can see the teflon coating on there too).

Seraphim - Can you please state if that's good or bad For those of us who aren't familiar with what an edge looks like? The finished edge doesn't look that bad to me, but I don't really know what a good edge is supposed to look like and comparing it with a lowly Merkur kind of throws me off.

Originally Posted by Infotech

Seraphim - Can you please state if that's good or bad For those of us who aren't familiar with what an edge looks like? The finished edge doesn't look that bad to me, but I don't really know what a good edge is supposed to look like and comparing it with a lowly Merkur kind of throws me off.

There is no way to know unless you shave with it.

-Rob

Originally Posted by sicboater

There is no way to know unless you shave with it.

I wonder if your answer were the same if one was comparing a newest Livi and a DE. Cui bono?

Originally Posted by sparq

I wonder if your answer were the same if one was comparing a newest Livi and a DE. Cui bono?

My answer *would* be the same no matter the blade.


I don't shave with pictures of blades. Do you?

Thanks for "Cui bono?" accusation too. I am going to go count the millions of dollars I gain by being involved in this site.

-Rob

Originally Posted by sparq

I wonder if your answer were the same if one was comparing a newest Livi and a DE. Cui bono?

Seriously? Every thread that discusses any shave test that I've ever read on this board leads to the same conclusion: the only test that matters is the shave test. Why would that be any different with a pic?

I'm not sure why this is getting people all riled up.

Originally Posted by richmondesi

Seriously? Every thread that discusses any shave test that I've ever read on this board leads to the same conclusion: the only test that matters is the shave test. Why would that be any different with a pic?

I'm not sure why this is getting people all riled up.

I've been involved in discussion about religion, abortion, politics here at SRP, but the Gold Dollar is the Mother of All debates!

Originally Posted by Seraphim

Here is an objective look at a Gold Dollar that I just honed up minutes ago.

And...?

Perhaps you should post this in the Gold Dollar thread, as mentioned in the first post.

Originally Posted by Desdinova

And...?

Perhaps you should post this in the Gold Dollar thread, as mentioned in the first post.

Why I entered it here was to try for a objective look at the edge of the Gold Dollar razor, since that is the subject of this thread.

I can say "This thing glides like butter, and is sharper than any other razor I've ever laid eyes on..."

But that would be an opinion (also simply a statement for the sake of discussion).

So, I was simply trying to provide some objective information, as that can indeed be readily shared via pics on the forum.

As Sicboater said, there is no way to quantify HOW that razor will feel against your face without shaving with it. But the pics show to me, that this particular Gold Dollar (I picked it out of a box at random) is capable of attaining a similar level of sharpness as my WorldMaster. Egde looks very similar, HHT is silent and effortless with both.

Apologies for the Merkur DE blade pic, I never liked how they shaved either, but it was all I had left of my DE stuff (I didn't dare PIF to some poor slob!).