Thread: Messing around with a Gold Dollar

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!