May 1 marks the start of another season of our long running Gold Dollar modification competition. Each year experienced and novice modders take a very basic Gold Dollar razor and turn it into a razor that will wow shavers everywhere. Gold Dollars can be purchased very cheaply, usually on EBay. They have very basic plastic scales and a blade that is not quite shave ready. Usually the geometry is poor and they haven’t been honed properly. The steel is good so all of that can be fixed.
Folks create all sorts of designs from this raw material. They create new scales, thin the spine and generally make significant modifications to the shape of the blade. If you look at this compendium you can see the beautiful work they have done.
The rules are simple. Start with a Gold Dollar 66 razor and turn it into any kind of straight razor you want, as long as its shave ready. This has to be new work, starting no earlier than today. You have two months to finalize your beauty. On July 1 we’ll open an entry thread where you will post pictures of your finished razor. After five days we’ll close the entry thread and open a poll where the entire populace of B&B gets to vote on the entries. Last year, because of supply chain problems, we extended the deadline until August 1. I hope it won’t be necessary this year, but let us know if these razors are hard to obtain.
For now let us know who’s in and whether you have ever modded a Gold Dollar before. In the past we’ve had novice and pro classes. Lately its all been one class as we have mostly first-time modders. Please respond to this thread and let us know if you are in or are even thinking of joining the fun. Looking forward to your work!
Folks create all sorts of designs from this raw material. They create new scales, thin the spine and generally make significant modifications to the shape of the blade. If you look at this compendium you can see the beautiful work they have done.
The rules are simple. Start with a Gold Dollar 66 razor and turn it into any kind of straight razor you want, as long as its shave ready. This has to be new work, starting no earlier than today. You have two months to finalize your beauty. On July 1 we’ll open an entry thread where you will post pictures of your finished razor. After five days we’ll close the entry thread and open a poll where the entire populace of B&B gets to vote on the entries. Last year, because of supply chain problems, we extended the deadline until August 1. I hope it won’t be necessary this year, but let us know if these razors are hard to obtain.
For now let us know who’s in and whether you have ever modded a Gold Dollar before. In the past we’ve had novice and pro classes. Lately its all been one class as we have mostly first-time modders. Please respond to this thread and let us know if you are in or are even thinking of joining the fun. Looking forward to your work!
) - I have never looked into it, but I think a Gentleman once mentioned that the higher the number on a GD the more finished it was.
