I am an unrepentant cheapskate and see Gold Dollars as real money
savers. You can buy a hand full for twenty bucks and use them to learn
honing technique and muscle memory. Hate to learn on a spanking new
Dovo or a 118 year old J Heiffor.
My "practice" razors now cut up old clothes for shop rags.
So, just because they're cheap it doesn't mean they're junk.