Thread: Messing around with a Gold Dollar

It's looking nice in those scales! I've also been trying my hand at honing up some GD's. Not the greatest geometry, but I've gotten some decent shaves out of them. I also ground the stabilizer out of mine with a dremel to get it out of the way. Good luck with the honing!

Nice job on the scales! I've done 3 GD 66's and the shoulders on all three needed attention in order to hone properly.

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

Nice job on the scales! I've done 3 GD 66's and the shoulders on all three needed attention in order to hone properly.

Mine also.

The shoulder is the problem.

Will need major attention to make this thing work.

Took me a while to hone this Gold Dollar and as everyone said that shoulder and stabilizer part was a problem.

Used my dmt325 for as much as i could and finished honing it which was a lot longer than my usual blades.

I didn't want to put the work of putting my dremel on this thing so i realized that the heal part would not be a place to shave with.

After all that honing time and extra attention on this thing i got ready for a shave.

I brought another backup straight with me in case this Gold Dollar blew a tire and proceeded.

To my surprise it shaved great.

I just avoided using a small part of the heal and i didn't have to use the spare straight.

Finished my 3 passes with the GD very well.

Don't get me wrong this is not my best shaver but i didn't expect it to be that good.

Nice feel,heavy and cut through hairs pretty nice.

I guess whoever gets in this straight razor journey needs at one time to give this a try and hone a GD, which will let you realize,if you can hone a GD you are on the right track in learning how to hone.

I got this blade on ebay for 5$ shipped to Canada so can't go wrong.

But my opinion,i have bought nice vintage blades that needed a lot less elbow grease than GD'S and turn out to be fantastic shavers and were maybe a few dollars more.

If this blade had a better part at the stabilizer part i think it would be awesome to shave with.

This was the 66 version,now i am gonna see if there is another model of these to try and see if there is less of a problem on the stabilizer part.

Wow! That is an awesome looking str8 you got there! Those scales are crazy cool. Congratulations! I never got into this with the goal to restore or create but I may be doing just that at some point after seeing your work. Once again Congrats!