Just curious...has anyone ever tried this company? One of the items be sells/does is takes a Gold Dollar 66 blade and re-shapes/re-scales it to your liking. I think it looks like a nice price, I just worry about the quality of the Gold Dollar steel. Looking at his pictures and postings on FaceBook, he does some beautiful work. Looking forward to hearing any ideas/feedback. Thanks! https://www.etsy.com/listing/214017715/gold-dollar-custom-shaped-straight-razor?ref=shop_home_feat_1
There is a lot of info on here about the GD. Most of it is not good. Look around and see what $65 will buy
I think you misunderstood my question. I realize the Gold Dollar as a whole is not highly regaurded. From what I have read, the scales are the worst part of their razors. This company takes a new razor and completely rescales and even reshapes the steel. That being said, I was wondering if doing so completely changes the razor and if the steel (after such a treatment) holds an edge. Did you happen to look at the link I included? The guys does some amazing work to transform (visually) a cheap razor. I am just wondering how it rides.
Customizing it does NOTHING good to the edge holding capabilities, that is a fact, not a guess or a hypothesis.. The only change that is possible from customizing, polishing, and buffing a razor is is you get a NEWB doing it they can destroy the razor either by thinning the metal too much or burning the temper... ps: These GD and DA transformations have been going on for years, it isn't new it isn't ground breaking.. it is a $2 razor being prettied up.. There are many more issue with these razors besides the scales alone, they do however shave, you will never hear me say they won't shave, but they have issues
Thank you...this was the feedback I was looking for. I did not know if the steel was bad or if a good manipulation would cause the edge to hold. I appreciate your response.
