Shavers, the wait is over. Now begins the 2019 Gold Dollar modification competition! What’s that you say? You have until July 1 to procure an inexpensive straight razor, specifically a Gold Dollar from China, and turn it into a thing of beauty. Gold Dollars, to put it kindly, are manufactured to rather loose tolerances, but have good “bones”. Upon delivery they shave rather poorly or not at all, but the steel is sound. Many have turned these indifferent objects into astoundingly beautiful and effective shavers. To see what others have accomplished, please view past year’s threads.
Never modded a Gold Dollar before? You lucky few can enter your work in the novice category. If you have created a stunning, or not so stunning, modified Gold Dollar razor before and want to top your previous efforts you should enter in the unlimited category. Please limit your entries to new work that you created during these two months. We’ll start the competition threads on July 1. Please post pictures of your finished razors then. Entries must be shave ready in order to be considered. B&B members at large will vote to select the winners in each category. In the meantime post pictures of your progress in this thread and tell us how you are doing.
Thanks to the generosity of our moderator team we have some great prizes. The Pro Class winner will receive a Tony Miller 4 sided paddle strop from the Mod Team, and
a plain vanilla steer-hide hanging strop with cotton secondary component, courtesy of Tony Miller.
For the novice class winner the mod team has also donated a rotary tool kit, similar to this one
The prize will be shipped to the winner from Amazon, so the actual model may vary according to their location. Of course all entrants get the best prize of all, the stunning razor that they have created!
To enter this competition, contestants must meet the B&B 45/50 rule by the last day of the competition, and as always, please abide by the TOU.
As always, please follow good safety practices. The razors will cut fingers even before they can cut whiskers. Power tools can send shards of metal into unsuspecting body parts. Many hazards, too numerous to list, can happen. Be careful!
Now gentlemen, and maybe ladies, get to work!
Never modded a Gold Dollar before? You lucky few can enter your work in the novice category. If you have created a stunning, or not so stunning, modified Gold Dollar razor before and want to top your previous efforts you should enter in the unlimited category. Please limit your entries to new work that you created during these two months. We’ll start the competition threads on July 1. Please post pictures of your finished razors then. Entries must be shave ready in order to be considered. B&B members at large will vote to select the winners in each category. In the meantime post pictures of your progress in this thread and tell us how you are doing.
Thanks to the generosity of our moderator team we have some great prizes. The Pro Class winner will receive a Tony Miller 4 sided paddle strop from the Mod Team, and
a plain vanilla steer-hide hanging strop with cotton secondary component, courtesy of Tony Miller.
For the novice class winner the mod team has also donated a rotary tool kit, similar to this one
The prize will be shipped to the winner from Amazon, so the actual model may vary according to their location. Of course all entrants get the best prize of all, the stunning razor that they have created!
To enter this competition, contestants must meet the B&B 45/50 rule by the last day of the competition, and as always, please abide by the TOU.
As always, please follow good safety practices. The razors will cut fingers even before they can cut whiskers. Power tools can send shards of metal into unsuspecting body parts. Many hazards, too numerous to list, can happen. Be careful!
Now gentlemen, and maybe ladies, get to work!
