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Annnnd... One week to go!
OK, I will take the extra time and work on a few details and post my entry on the 7/1. ThanksGlad you have one going! Can't wait to see it. We start posting the entry images on July 1 so you have until then.
I was selling them a couple years ago, shave ready, Method honed. Only one was ever returned to me, and he just couldn't figure out how to shave with it. If you know how to hone a razor, REALLY know how to hone a razor, you can make a good shaver out of this ugly duckling, and they cost chimp change. Currently, I don't know anyone honing and selling them shave ready that I can recommend. Straight out of the box, they aren't going to shave.Thank you for the clarification! I think ill hold off on purchasing one then!
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I haven't seen retail price like that in a long time. Well shopped.Got an additional 6 for $15. Can’t complain.
I am a total noob when it comes to honing razors! Looka like this is NOT for me until i get some skill in honing and such! What kind of steel do these gold dollars use?I was selling them a couple years ago, shave ready, Method honed. Only one was ever returned to me, and he just couldn't figure out how to shave with it. If you know how to hone a razor, REALLY know how to hone a razor, you can make a good shaver out of this ugly duckling, and they cost chimp change. Currently, I don't know anyone honing and selling them shave ready that I can recommend. Straight out of the box, they aren't going to shave.
A total noob should NOT buy one. Cheap is still not a good deal if it is unusable. This is not the razor you want, for learning to hone razors, nor would you want to try to teach yourself to shave with ANY razor that you are also trying to teach yourself to hone.
However, this contest absolutely requires buying at least one Gold Dollar. So buy, or don't enter. I would get at least three or four.
The last hundred lot I bought from her were $1.50 each plus shipping. Retail amounts I think $3.17 shipped was the cheapest I have paid, and that was discounted for 10 pieces.Cici will sell them for for that but shipping can be a killer unless you are ordering a other stuff from her. I believe that was the case with @mycarver.
The "competition" is not about honing, it is about modifying the looks of a GD66. You don't even have to hone it to win.I am a total noob when it comes to honing razors! Looka like this is NOT for me until i get some skill in honing and such! What kind of steel do these gold dollars use?
One of the criteria is to be "shave ready" (opening post on this thread) - though that seems to cover a multitude of sins when it appears on the web. I suppose technically it doesn't say how it gets that way : I'd assumed it was to be done by the entrant, but I'd be open to stretching that if it means more entries.The "competition" is not about honing, it is about modifying the looks of a GD66. You don't even have to hone it to win.
The GD66's blade is of high carbon steel (HCS), heat treated to a hardness of about 58 to 60 RHC. The steel is about as easy to hone as most HCS SRs.
I suppose if you tell us it's shave ready we have to believe it.
"if you see something, say something" -The StasiSince the rules say shave ready, entries should be honed well enough to shave. Remember, your neighbor or even your spouse or child might be an informant. We are watching.
@LooneyToons816 You can find them all together in the Gold Dollar Mod Compendium.Here are some of the previous entries:
INFO! - 2022 Badger & Blade Gold Dollar Mod Competition Entry Thread
Today is July 1. A group of razormeisters have worked diligently to turn a very crude Gold Dollar straight razor into an eye-popping wonder. Please post your entries to the Gold Dollar Mod Competition here. This is open to all Gold Dollar modifications created between May 1 and today. Let's...www.badgerandblade.comINFO! - 2020 Badger & Blade Gold Dollar Mod Competition Entry Thread
www.badgerandblade.com2019 Gold Dollar Mod Competition, Novice Class
Now is the time all B&B'ers have been waiting for! We all get to see what our fearless modders have made from a humble Gold Dollar straight razor. Please post your official entry pictures here. A poll will be opened July 8th and will close July 15th. To keep things simple please limit this...www.badgerandblade.com2018 Gold Dollar Mod Official Entry Thread- Unlimited Class
Contestants please post your official entry pictures here. A poll will be opened July 8th and will close July 15th. To keep things simple please limit this thread to photos only. A special thanks to the BnB Moderator Team for supplying this years prizes! Good luck gentleman!www.badgerandblade.com2018 Gold Dollar Mod Official Entry Thread- Novice Class
Contestants please post your official entry pictures here. A poll will be opened July 8th and will close July 15th. To keep things simple please limit this thread to photos only. A special thanks to the BnB Moderator Team for supplying this years prizes! Good luck gentleman!www.badgerandblade.com