Thread: April Special! $25 GD66, Shave Ready, Shipped Free to CONUS Address!

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Though I am not a newbie and have dozens of backups, I have never tried a GD, though I've been meaning to for years. I've been wanting to try one of these newer improved versions I've seen you and others discuss on B&B, and it will give me a chance to try your famous "method" edge in the bargain. I just ordered one, and look forward to giving it a whirl! Thanks-SHD/Aaron

Gold Dollars are like licking a 9v battery, you know you shouldn't but sometimes you've just got to try these things.

"Licking a 9v battery..."

Funny stuff.


....and yes, I've done it.

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Mike I don’t recollect ever saying this to any man, but man you got some nice meat! Buying the best quality is the only way to go. And that’s great looking stuff

You should see the briskets, and steaks.!
The farmer is a 4th generation, beef farmer, and knows how to get the most, from his cows. I worked for him for 13 years, and I was the one that fed the cows twice a day.

High protein alfalfa.
Cracked corn with mineral supplements. ( ground by me )
And corn silage.

Cows were kept from grazing on grass, for the most part, and kept from large pastures. That's what makes them tough, and lean

Most farmers put them out to pasture for most of the year, then grain them out before market. So u only end up with fat in the outer part of the meat. ( typical store meat, of low quality, high prices). Yeah, its beef.! But what kind of beef, could be an old milk cow your buying at the local grocery store.

I tell everyone, that my wife married me for my meat.

This is how I relate to razors, and gold dollars. The store bought is good, but its not a black Angus, or white faced Hereford, nor a Charolais.

It’s always about the quality of the beef, in competitions we always ordered from the best source and still inspected every piece. All the great places go ahead and spend the money. I can imagine the steaks and brisket from your source yowzza

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Gold Dollars are like licking a 9v battery, you know you shouldn't but sometimes you've just got to try these things.

Mark-I'm just not a guy who is going to let others form my opinions on things (even my straight razor brethren). Thus, I had to try a convex Arkie for myself, and the same with Gold Dollars. I even tried Lilac Vegetal (yeah, it smelled like cat piss).

This guy has a stellar reputation across the various shaving fora. He is always experimenting and documenting the results of those experiments in clear language to share with others, which is something we could use more of around here IMO, so I have high confidence that it will be a great shaver at a great price. YMMV as usual.

Aaron

I've had two GDs just to see what the fuss is. One was absolutely fine, one was absolutely awful. If you think of them as cheap, utilitarian shaving object then they can be made for that intended purpose. The beef most people have is that you can get a very respectable Solingen razor for the same price. Even fleabay has the odd gem now and again.

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Aaron

I've had two GDs just to see what the fuss is. One was absolutely fine, one was absolutely awful. If you think of them as cheap, utilitarian shaving object then they can be made for that intended purpose. The beef most people have is that you can get a very respectable Solingen razor for the same price. Even fleabay has the odd gem now and again.

A somewhat experienced shaver doesn't need to pay so much, if he is honing his own razors. My price includes honing, domestic shipping, and a free re-honing and so it is a lot higher than from a Chinese reseller. (The factory won't sell single razors and they are a PITA to deal with, anyway.) My source on fleabay sells them shipped free for $4.17 each and with a quantity discount. That's who an experienced straight shaver should buy from, not me. Then again, a somewhat experienced shaver also knows how to shop for a good vintage razor and probably has plenty of nice razors, anyway. I could see an old hand going in for a model 208, maybe, or an 800 or the 1996 (actually model P81 but the factory etches the tang of this razor with the year the company was established, and not the model number, so everyone thinks 1996 is the model number) just for variety, but a 66 is really more suited to the first time buyer who really wants to get in the game cheap or not at all. In other words, the guys who would otherwise buy a ZeePK or Master USA or some other totally disappointing piece of steel. Also some guys you just can't convince that it is perfectly okay to shave with a "used" razor. We are not troubled by any irrational "ick factor" but a lot of wannabes are.

Well, almost my entire collection consists of great vintage blades, most of which I scaled and honed myself. Some I got in lots for less that $10 apiece. So while I am certainly not your target newbie demographic, I really just want to try one and support a guy doing good work in the community. I have zero interest in acquiring and working on any of the problematic ones with poor grinds and maybe questionable steel-I just want to try a "good one."

I figure if I like it, I can keep it and add it to the collection. If not, I can PIF it to a newbie-I am always trying to recruit young guys into the cult.

Id have sent you mine Aaron to try out all you wanted. It works. After a lot of work. Its a 66 and its hidden in my razor cabinet. It was given to me as i wanted to try grinding one up for fun. Its not as good of a shaver as many of my collection but it will shave. Ive not used it enough to know how many shaves it will give before it looses its edge but i dont think it will hold up for even 10 IMO. Worth the money spent (excluding the scales material) but not the time invested to make it shave!

I remember that one, Jerry. Hey.!..we all got are hands on some RSO's that would shave after some work. I still have mine,

and it came in handy for learning on, in my beginning years of shaving with straights.

Over all, it spent more time on the hones, than it did on my face. But those first few shaves were great, then it was back to the hone, and leather belt....I mean strop, that was a leather belt.

If I only knew then, what I know now..