I know this is a somewhat comical topic to ask if a GD is possibly a knock-off, but here it is.
I recently bought a "Gold Dollar Shave Club" razor and strop kit off Amazon, simply as a practice set to become proficient before doing anything with my other razor. But this razor looks like it's possibly a fake, trying to capitalize on the Gold Dollar name as a recognized economical and SR. The tang isn't stamped with GD's logo, it's a different shape than the GDs I've seen while shopping around since (a smiling Spanish point blade rather than a round tip), and the scales are crappy and misaligned/poorly assembled. The blade has "Gold Dollar Shave Club 2017" etched/printed on the blade. Good enough for what I got it for, but absolutely nothing more. Not that I care all that much, but is it a GD or a knockoff?
I recently bought a "Gold Dollar Shave Club" razor and strop kit off Amazon, simply as a practice set to become proficient before doing anything with my other razor. But this razor looks like it's possibly a fake, trying to capitalize on the Gold Dollar name as a recognized economical and SR. The tang isn't stamped with GD's logo, it's a different shape than the GDs I've seen while shopping around since (a smiling Spanish point blade rather than a round tip), and the scales are crappy and misaligned/poorly assembled. The blade has "Gold Dollar Shave Club 2017" etched/printed on the blade. Good enough for what I got it for, but absolutely nothing more. Not that I care all that much, but is it a GD or a knockoff?