Shaving Ready Cut Throat Razor Straight Razor

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.

When it comes to items like these it's important to know what it is you're looking for. Lower cost doesn't necessarily mean lower quality, and after hearing some good things about this brand I decided to give it a shot.The item wasn't exactly in the best of shape when it arrived. The edge was far from what I'd call "shave ready" and was slightly tarnished from improper handling (fingerprints all over the blade, not really cleaned or oiled). The good news is that I happened to receive my new stones today so that issue was quickly fixed.The handle was tightly fitted. I mean REALLY tight. It's not a bad thing. I didn't get that wobble or shifting that you can get with some other razors, but I had to put a bit of power into opening and closing it. Not ideal for safety reasons and kind of annoying to have to stop and adjust everytime I went to move to a new area.In conclusion it wasn't bad. You still get what you pay for and the item is still cheap, but not in the way you would expect. Its not far off from some higher price items. I would recommend this item to anyone looking for a razor that's not only affordable, but that's not so cheap that it won't last with proper care.

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

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.

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.

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

Said "shave ready" and to my surprise it was. Sturdy, good weight, and strops well. Is it as sharp as the edge I put on a razor? No, but I have a specific edge that I enjoy and put it on every razor I buy. Out of 6 low cost razors I have bought this is the first one I'll use for a while before putting the blade to my stones. Nice sheath also!