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Out of the ~50 GD/DAs I have honed, one would not get shave ready.

I just ran that blade again through the same honing progression. Here is the edge at the 1um lapping film over paper level...

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

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...

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...

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...

Step#1: You already have one of these razors.

Step #2: Hone it up (or perhaps you bought it shave ready? that isn't clear).

Step #3: Make up your own mind, based on your own experience, not...

Thanks for the explanation Bruno.


Razors are at once both subjective (how does this razor feel, look, whatever to ME), and objective (is it well made, can it take a fine edge, etc.)

I find...

So, will people who actually do get good shaves and good results from Gold Dollar razors be allowed to post their results as well?

Can we also get an official declaration about how poorly Williams soap performs?


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