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

Thank you Tc, that's the way to give your opinion. Direct and facts as you see them. I respect that.Now that being said, no one will be surprised.

You are tenacious! I'll give you that. Your determination is something that not a lot of people process or even know how to channel. Unfortunately for you, you are up against a some fordable experts that know quality and have many years of experience. I trust their judgment and their advice. I have always gotten great results listening to these wise men. I have always gotten quality!

I wish you much luck in selling your razors! Just don't be too disappointed in your sales numbers here.

Probably right about the shipping issue CCR.

Ordered something from China April 2nd. Still waiting....

Originally Posted by Johntoad57

You are tenacious! I'll give you that. Your determination is something that not a lot of people process or even know how to channel. Unfortunately for you, you are up against a some fordable experts that know quality and have many years of experience. I trust their judgment and their advice. I have always gotten great results listening to these wise men. I have always gotten quality!

I wish you much luck in selling your razors! Just don't be too disappointed in your sales numbers here.

Thanks. I am not really targeting those "experts". They know how to pick a likely looking vintage razor, or else they can afford a big name new razor. Those aren't the guys who will be drawn to a $25 to $35 shave ready, money back guaranteed, Chinese straight razor with a free re-honing thrown in. I don't expect many of my peers to be buying these razors.

My sales so far since I resumed selling online haven't been disappointing at all. This isn't a career, anyway. I don't need the money all that much. I just want to sort of pay for my hobbies a bit and bring new guys into the straight shaving fold. TBH if I was selling a dozen razors a day I would quit. Too much work. Honing. Testing. Sanitizing and packing. Shipping. Ordering. Website and ebay listing management. I have other demands on my time. Projects started and not completed. Beer to brew and drink. If I only sell a dozen razors or strops a week, that is more than enough to make it worthwhile but not so much that it is a big PITA.

The gd vs other razors "thing" been going on a long while. And been beat to death. I've heard it all. "Break them in half, they rust (carbon steel rusts all of it and fast lol) they're made from recycled refrigerators (steel can be recycled infinitely) . The steel is way too hard, it's way too soft. It's stainless, it rusts, blah blah blah. End of the day I would bet they sell more straight razors than every other maker combined. Beefy razor that can be had for cheap. The only objection I get is it's from china. And some people prefer to buy their goods from elsewhere. That I get. But the rest of it is baloney. My first razors were vintages and several new. I stood away from gds because of the advice I got. But bought 10 anyway. And managed to prove to myself (you have to believe your own eyes) that they can easily be made to shave with the best of them. Now most pricey straight have lot of frills. Like gold wash, fancy scales, etching. Which are nice things to have but have absolutely nothing to do with shave quality. Like a paint job ever won any race anywhere. Anyway just calling it the way I see it.

Originally Posted by Bill31521

The gd vs other razors "thing" been going on a long while. And been beat to death. I've heard it all. "Break them in half, they rust (carbon steel rusts all of it and fast lol) they're made from recycled refrigerators (steel can be recycled infinitely) . The steel is way too hard, it's way too soft. It's stainless, it rusts, blah blah blah. End of the day I would bet they sell more straight razors than every other maker combined. Beefy razor that can be had for cheap. The only objection I get is it's from china. And some people prefer to buy their goods from elsewhere. That I get. But the rest of it is baloney. My first razors were vintages and several new. I stood away from gds because of the advice I got. But bought 10 anyway. And managed to prove to myself (you have to believe your own eyes) that they can easily be made to shave with the best of them. Now most pricey straight have lot of frills. Like gold wash, fancy scales, etching. Which are nice things to have but have absolutely nothing to do with shave quality. Like a paint job ever won any race anywhere. Anyway just calling it the way I see it.

Fair enough. I respect what you are saying. I do own a GD 208 and yes it will shave. But it is not my razor of preference. Had to put a tremendous amount of work into it to get it to shave, but it did teach me how to hone. All of my other razors were easier to hone and not that much work. For me, they serve one purpose; to shave my face.

Originally Posted by Johntoad57

Fair enough. I respect what you are saying. I do own a GD 208 and yes it will shave. But it is not my razor of preference. Had to put a tremendous amount of work into it to get it to shave, but it did teach me how to hone. All of my other razors were easier to hone and not that much work. For me, they serve one purpose; to shave my face.

They are not hard to hone at all, if the seller does a good job of setting the bevel and generally fixing the razor so it will in fact hone nicely. In the raw, they are a bit much for some honers and particularly for new honers, absolutely. If you get one from someone experienced in these razors you won't have any problem honing it and there is no extra work involved.

I might just have to start a Gold Dollar Honing for Gold Dollar Newbies thread. It's a different mindset from honing a nice Wacker or Boker. Back in the day, the GD66 in particular was way out wack. You would have an attack of the vapours if you saw me cheerfully applying razor to 60 grit belt hahaha! They are much more mild mannered now, but you still have to be prepared to do some heavy lifting, and own the steel.

Originally Posted by Bill31521

The gd vs other razors "thing" been going on a long while. And been beat to death. I've heard it all. "Break them in half, they rust (carbon steel rusts all of it and fast lol) they're made from recycled refrigerators (steel can be recycled infinitely) . The steel is way too hard, it's way too soft. It's stainless, it rusts, blah blah blah. End of the day I would bet they sell more straight razors than every other maker combined. Beefy razor that can be had for cheap. The only objection I get is it's from china. And some people prefer to buy their goods from elsewhere. That I get. But the rest of it is baloney. My first razors were vintages and several new. I stood away from gds because of the advice I got. But bought 10 anyway. And managed to prove to myself (you have to believe your own eyes) that they can easily be made to shave with the best of them. Now most pricey straight have lot of frills. Like gold wash, fancy scales, etching. Which are nice things to have but have absolutely nothing to do with shave quality. Like a paint job ever won any race anywhere. Anyway just calling it the way I see it.

Right on, Bill. Pretty don't shave.