Gold Dollarclub cut throat straight razor shaving razor

I’m not sure if some bloggers on this blog are purists or what, but this razor was shave ready right away. A pasted strop is always a good idea immediately before shaving to obtain maximum performance. The Sheffield type design, hardwood handle, and carbon steel keenness is absolutely the best bang for your buck at this price point or ANY price point. Purists need to recognize!The strop is one of the best I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen a few.Update: This razor holds a GREAT edge and after 3-4 shaves performs like new. Although I recommend this for an experienced user, I highly recommend this as a gift to yourself or someone special.Update: A great edge and lineup tool as it STILL retains a keen edge.

Shipping was really fast. The razor came with a useable edge, just not as comfy as i like it to be. But, after i took it to the hones, it took a VERY nice edge, with very little effort. It shaves as smooth and easy as my historical razors, and the edge does NOT fail after several shaves, and i have not hit the pasted strop yet. And no sign of it being in the neer future. It is a good size razor, with good heft, and nice hard wood scales. The pleather sleeve is a nice touch, and the strop, while not top notch, is a nice travel piece. The razor is 6/8, and feels nice in hand. I am extremely pleased with this purchase, and have zero regrets about it. If you are on the fence about this, get one, and you will not be sorry.

You want a straight razor and thought this would be a good one to start with. The first thing to know is that shave ready is a sales claim. You must be ready to hone and strop any razor to get a smooth shave. Some are better than others but even a $100.00 razor needs to be touched up. I got this razor because of its unique blade shape. I have 20 razors so I do need one but wanted this blade. I did try to shave after a good strop but it needed to be honed better to get a smooth shave. Once that was done I had a nice close shave. To hone I started with a 300/1000 grid stone then went to a 3000/8000 and finished on a black arkansas stone. Then I stropped it using the nice strop that came with it. As for the whole razor, I question if it is a real Good Dollar because comparing the blade with others I have it does not have the name on the tang between the pivot and the blade and the rivots are different from the others. Also the scales are the thinnest and cheapest I have seen a Gold Dollar. Almost like a Dovo with wood scales. Over all I feel this a good razor but the craftsmanship could be better. For what I paid, it is not a bad deal especially when you factor in the very nice strop.

Viene bien afilada. Excelente corte

Given that this is a cheap razor and strop combo, I normally wouldn't even bother reviewing the product. It served the purpose I bought it for, namely as a set with which I could practice stropping a razor without risk of damaging an expensive strop or rolling the edge on an actually-shave-ready razor. If that's how it was advertised, as an economical practice set, it would get five stars.That being said, the seller is claiming this product is sharpened sufficiently to shave with out of the box. That is false advertising. Do not try to shave with this out of the box or you might end up with a painful experience. It did not pass the typical tests of sharpness to determine if a razor is shave-ready - tree topping test and hanging hair test both failed right out of the box. I didn't bother trying to shave with it, as I had a different shave-ready razor to use.Get it to practice stropping, or to practice honing a smiling blade, but know that you're getting what you pay for, not what is advertised.

This is a nice price for a strop that comes with wax and a canvas strop. However, the razor was not that good. I made sure to strop the razor 100 times up and down. This razor doesn't seem to hold an edge and just grinds and cuts mid shave. I can barely get through one pass before it got stuck on hair. I threw away the razor but kept the strop and wax.

Great for what I am planning to use it for. Plan on using for a sourdough bread Lame, I will see how that works out.

I bought this as sort of an experiment to see how it fares against my other blades.Only four stars because I did not receive the Barber/Spanish point blade depicted in the photos. Instead, I received a spike point with a slight inward curvature from toe to spine.I’m not really sure if the scales are wood. They certainly feel like plastic to me. At this price point, I don’t think it really matters, though.With that said, the blade was most definitely properly honed to 10,000 grit! While free floating the blade over my arm, it plinks some hairs. After stropping, it plinks as well as my 12,000 grit honed blade!Overall, because of the price and sharpness, I’m satisfied with this purchase, but I would prefer the blade in the photos.I will update this review after a few shaves to comment on the balance, ergonomics of the tang & tail, and how the edge holds up.