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

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

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.

Well, thanks for your support and confidence! And it might not find a permanent place among your nice vintages if for no other reason it simply isn't an attractive razor, but it is indeed very PIF-able. Over the years I have probably PIF-ed 40 or 50, both stock and modified. It's a good feeling to get someone started, especially with something I modified or improved or even just honed, just for the fun of it.

Originally Posted by Gasman

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!

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Hey, that's not a bad looking mod.

Here's one of mine. I call it the Filarmonicadollar.


And here's a pair I did for the annual competition on B&B a few years ago.

They have landed, let you know my thoughts in a week or two, after some real use

Cool. I wish I had one of the older GD66 to send you, the ones with the stamped tang. For comparison. Those are the real beasts. I got some of them from when I used to mod them a lot, but they don't have scales.

I'm not too sure why we are putting this guy on blast for selling a shave ready razor for a decent price. Sure they may not be a vintage quality blade or a newer german/french razor but they are cheap. Allowing those with any budget to get into straight razor shaving. I can attest when worked by someone with the proper skills and tools they can be made to shave as fine as a DOVO or TI.

Speaking for myself I haven’t even come close to BLASTING, I don’t care if t gets a consumer a cheap way to get started. In my opinion it just doesn’t change the fact that it’s still a cheaply make razor with issues that need fixed when you can get one without the issues. And no matter what anyone says, ( active participants, or every now and then blow thru ) him and me are giving each other the opportunity to evaluate the razors. So it’s an A and B discussion, C,s stay out

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Speaking for myself I haven’t even come close to BLASTING, I don’t care if t gets a consumer a cheap way to get started. In my opinion it just doesn’t change the fact that it’s still a cheaply make razor with issues that need fixed when you can get one without the issues. And no matter what anyone says, ( active participants, or every now and then blow thru ) him and me are giving each other the opportunity to evaluate the razors. So it’s an A and B discussion, C,s stay out

To be fair, I think he has a point, guys. Now that things have sort of settled down, let's not throw fat on the fire. I appreciate the support but it's not really needed now. TC has both a honed GD66 and a raw one right out of the box to play with. I want to see the honest opinion of what a hardcore detractor thinks of the recent production after having his hands and hones on one. I am gratified by the support but I think things are cool right now. Some guys have come across mocking these cheap as dirt razors. Some have come across as supporting them, the idea of a cheap but usable razor, and me. This thread is all about selling them, anyway, and definitely not the venue for a war about them.

How about for a little while at least, we don't discuss the pros, or the cons, of me, my website, or the razors, until TC is ready to weigh in with his hopefully amended opinion. Let the product stand on its own merits. Buy. Or no buy. Feel free to ask civilized questions that are not flames in disguise. Again thanks very much to all the supportive and open minded guys who responded, but hold your fire, so to speak, please. Thanks. My only other option is to ask the mods to clear the noise off the thread, and I really do not care much for outside censorship even when it is to my benefit, so let's not take it to that extreme. Same goes for haters. Peace out, okay? If I could afford it, I would send razors to everyone who hates them, but obviously I can't. So wait, please, until you hear what one of "your own" has to say after having a go with shaving and honing. Thank you, all.

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

. So it’s an A and B discussion, C,s stay out

I don't have an opinion either way on the Gold Dollars, but tcrideshd have you taken ownership of this site ? I was under the impression that this thread was in the forum, therefore public and open for members to comment.

If you don't wish people to join the discussion just use PM's.

By their very nature, "unbiased" and "opinion" are almost polar opposites. But nevertheless, let's do keep both GD bashing and hater bashing out of it. Don't fan the flames, please. This is a vendor thread and I am the OP. I thank everyone for their support and now I thank everyone for their diplomacy and forebearance, which I am sure is forthcoming.

Yea I have. Send your check your behind on rent