Gold Dollar Shaving Ready Cut Throat Razor Straight Razor

Cheap razor but great shave. Razor was not shave ready and needed to be sharpened but this was expected based on other reviews. Started on a 4k, then to 8k, and finished on a 12k stone. Strop as usual and provides an enjoyable shave. Read more

I want to preface this by saying that I am new to straight razor shaving, but not to sharpening blades. I received the correct item as pictured and indeed the blade was VERY sharp and reasonably able to shave with, though it could have been sharper. I was able to shave successfully, only getting a small nik on a white-head I had not noticed. As you'd imagine, it takes some getting used to manoeuvring the blade into a proper position for the shaving of a non-flat and squishy surface that has inconvenient angles that must be shaved. Being ambidextrous can help a lot. After the primary shave, I took the edge of the blade to a brick and dulled it to a point that would not cut my skin when dragged across the tip of my finger in a slicing motion. I was even able to press into the blade on a pull cut and not receive a cut, it was definitely dulled. After dulling, I was able to take the blade back to a razer sharp condition that exceeded the sharpness it was delivered at. I took this and shaved with it and after a few strokes I noticed a line of blood on my cheek from the end of a stroke that had cut me without my noticing. It was only about an inch long and healed in about a week. All in all, this is a very nice blade for the value and can be sharpened well by a skilled sharpener. Read more

Great to begin and learn with it still shaves but isn’t the best edge. So take it with a grain of salt Read more

Received the order in a timely manner, however there were rust spots on the blade. I grind and buffed it out. I guess no inspection prior to shipping is done. Do better. Read more

I love it, for the price I can't imagine anything better. Yes under close examination there are some imperfections in the grinds, the gimping and engraving / laser etching but when it comes down to shaving and sharpening it gets the job done very well. I would definitely buy this again after using it many times now. I actually had a full beard the first time I used this, bought this because I was planning on shaving it off. I didn't use clippers or anything, just dove right in with this bad boy and it didn't flinch. The hair was literally popping off my skin with a very satisfying snap as I moved through the beard, got baby butt smooth in minutes. Had I went clipper and traditional razor route it would have taken double or triple the time. Thats what sold me, I love straight razor shaving now because of this quality product. The blade is well made, good quality, damn sharp and easily kept sharp with mild stropping that last an entire shave or more. The scales are a beefy wood that give a solid no slip grip, much better than others I have used and seen in this price point which are typically thin slippery plastic crap. Bottom line, if your ready to start straight razor shaving but not ready to spend a lot of money until you know what to expect, I can't think of better place to start. Cheaper products wont do the job and more expensive ones are a waste of money. Gold Dollar has nailed the sweet spot for me and earned a loyal customer for life. Read more

That’s a bleeder of a nick in the blade to come straight out of the box with... Will take me at least 30mins to take the nick out. If you don’t know how to sharpen a straight razor well i would recommend you spend a few more dollars. Update: Confirmed nick goes almost to bevel. Serious flaw in blade. Calling this razor unusable as looking at a few hours to fix a $20 razor. Not worth it. Follow up: spent an hour removing nick from blade. Took a lot steel off. Shaved one time. Dried it like all other razors. See pic: rusted overnight. Would not just not recommend. Would say do jot but the junk. Read more

I liked the quality for the price I paid. I honed it and have shaved twice and it did well. This must be some poor stainless though because even drying it off after using, I still got a rust spot. A rust eraser took care of that in about three seconds though. I can't say for sure, but I can see myself doing a lot of stropping, this has to be very poor steel. But it's $20 and gets you into straight razor shaving. It's very functional, just not great quality. You'll definitely need a few stones, a strop and some compounds though, you can't get away with just a strop. IMO, it needs to be sharpened from bevel set to finishing on at least an 8k, and a strop with compound, and one without. Unless you want to keep sending it out.not bad for $20 Read more

Got this for $20, which is a good price for a Gold Dollar razor. Came as expected with ready-to-hone blade and oversized scales. For the price, I think its great. Compared to my other razors, it definitely feels cheap. But as this was what I wanted it for (learning to hone) this worked great. After working on it, blade sharpens perfectly and shaves great. This blade also has the stabilizer removed which helped with honing. I also liked the case for storage. I believe i got the one that was pictured at the time, but i really don't care what etching is on the blade. Read more