Adventures In Wet Shaving Community: Thanks so much for Your Support We Reached 1,000+ Subscribers! Please Continue Your Support by Watching... 👍🙂👍 👉 Click here to watch my Most Recent Upload goo.gl/5IVjV9 🔴 Subscribe To Get More Great Tips: goo.gl/qXOdOV
My first straight razor was a gold dollar 66. Cost me 20 bucks brand new. Still have it though I’ve come to appreciate vintage razors lately. Still use it from time to time. Shaved pretty good
Very cool Klevee! ;) Yeah Buddy! Vintage razor can be fun and you're shaving with history. My Gold Dollar 66 shaves well too. Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Great video. I'm waiting for my first straight razor to come in the mail. I bought a Naked Armor Straight Razor. I'm 60 years old and am pretty excited to learn to shave with a straight razor for the first time in my life. Your video was very informative.
Congrats on your first Straight Razor, this is an exciting time! Let me encourage your on this journey into Straight Razor shaving. Take it one step at a time, slow and easy... here is a video that may be helpful it's called "Best How to Shave with a Straight Razor Tutorial for Beginners, Straight Razor Edge Friday Special" click this link goo.gl/jw3Wg4 to show. Thanks for stopping by commenting and watching! Rockdoc ST Augustine please let me know how you get a long with your new Straight Razor when arrives. 👍🙂👍
Eric, I don't know how I missed this one, but better late than never! Ha!! Excellent video, Eric; but you've come a long way since this video was made !👍👍👍👍👍
Erwest thank you so much for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Thanks for this video. i thought I'd give a straight razor a try, and didn't want to spend a fortune in the process. I got the ZY Men Wood Straight Edge Shaving Razor Set Kit Barber Shave Beard Folding Knife+Leather Sharpening Strop Belt+Polishing Paste, and I am amazed at what I got for £13.05 shave ready. I can see what you mean about re-shaping the blade...this and you other videos have been really useful. Just to add.....had a bit of a problem shipping to UK..it got returned to sender once as it was considered a weapon, but the ZY store sent it again using a different mail service.
Split10, I'm so happy to hear that these videos have been useful for you! :) Yeah, you really don't need to spend a lot on money to try out straight razor shave to see if you like it. That's exactly what I did and now I couldn't imagine shaving any other way. :) And that's very interesting the your ZY was consider a weapon. How was it labeled? Thanks for the great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :)
It was labelled "makeup tool". There isn't any writing on the blade, but it was advertised as 420 stainless steel razor with wooden handle, and it seems well made....blade fits central etc and the handle has a nice finish. I ordered shave ready (extra £1.06) and it seems pretty good to me judging by what I have seen on your channel. I will strop it before use, and do the fingernail test to check for burrs. It came with belt and paste, and I need to check your videos out to find out the best way to do it. Apart from the end that I may put a slight radius on, and I don't think it needs any grinding on a stone. I use an old fashioned safety razor anyway, so I have some idea how to wet shave.
First congrats on getting your new ZY straight razor! High Five! :) Wow, it was labelled "makeup tool"... that's crazy... maybe they x-rayed it or something. :0 Your ZY sound nice by the description, but don't do the fingernail test that will wreck the edge. I only do that after I set the bevel and know I'm going on through the progression to hone the edge to shave ready. Try "Tree Topping" hair mid way up off of your arm it's a much better test to check if you straight razor is shave ready. The video I would recommend for you sense your ZY came shave ready is "How To Maintain Keeping a Straight Razor Edge" here is the link goo.gl/qgfFBx. And sense your already use to shave in the old fashion way with a DE safety razor most of the same skills will apply. Remember to try to keep the blade at a 30 degree or less angle off of your face and use just the weight of the razor only. Please let me know how you get a long with your new ZY. :) Thanks for the great comments and again Congrats on the your new ZY! :)
Just got the 66 from a guy on Ebay honed to 15k for $21this will be my 1st straight. And had also been look at one like yours with the wood handle that's a good looking razor.
Congrats Chris sounds like you've got your first good Gold Dollar 66! ;) The one with the wooden handles is a ZY Grandslam. Thanks for your update that's great news! :) Have a good day and take care! :) #Heart
I do have a new no name straight razor that I got from China that's like that. Probably a Gold Dollar or ZY, it's from my guy that I get Gold Dollar's and ZY's from. But the blade already seats straight in the scales, which are real wood and quite nice. Hey, thanks for the great comments! 😀
Louis Ta that sounds like a nice straight razor! ;) Do you hone your own razor? Thanks for your great comment and for watching! :) Take care! :) #Heart
@@AdventuresInWetShaving I am waiting for my 3k and 8k stone. I do learn how to do it with a smith's arkansas tri-hone and the finishing one but it's still not shave ready.
Great question Josh! ;) Sadly I don't believe there is a way to date a Gold Dollar straight razor. They are always less then perfect. If you buy one you could remember the year you bought it. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
TheEllustig in the long run I would go with the ZY 430 or the ZY Gradslam either one of these would be a good shaver. Thanks for the great question and thanks for watching! 👍🙂👍
Great question Frank! Unfortunately, they are no longer produced check out this Gold Dollar 777 Gold Monkey www.aliexpress.com/item/4000805148058.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.73475f5azuTwAQ&algo_pvid=b97ec6bc-732e-4abe-990e-0ae018a741a2&algo_exp_id=b97ec6bc-732e-4abe-990e-0ae018a741a2-7&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22sku_id%22%3A%2212000016087687883%22%7D&pdp_npi=2%40dis%21USD%21%217.66%21%21%21%21%21%402101e9d116520948005675774e7601%2112000016087687883%21sea it looks very similar to the ZY razors at about the same price. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching! :) Have a great week, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Great question Amir! ;) They are all Chinese-made Straight Razors with different colors or types of scales, most are carbon steel, some like the Gold Dollar 800 will be stainless steel. The Gold Dollar 66 should be the cheap and the 800 the most expensive. The GD 66 is great to learn how to hone and shave. It will really depend on what you are looking for it a GD Straight Razor the Stainless Steel should be more forgiving with rust. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks for your great comment and question, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a good day my friend! :) #Heart
@@AdventuresInWetShaving Спасибо большое за ответ! Меня интересует качество металла, а конкретно, как они в работе, как бреют? 66 модель дешевая, значит качество будет очень слабым. А вот 800 модель очень интересна. Как эта модель бреет? Какая бритва самая комфортная? Спасибо за ответ!
Amir even the GD 66 will take a good edge, but the GD 800 being Stainless Steel will keep an edge longer and will shave well. The comfortability of the edge has more to do with the finishing stone used, not so much the steel. :) #Heart
I don't have a Dovo straight razor to compare the GD and ZY straight razor to. But I believe that the form, fit and finish would be better on the Dovo! May be at some point I will get a Dovo and I will be able to do video on "What's the differences between the Gold Dollar, ZY, and a Dovo?". Thanks for the great comment and for watching! 👍🙂👍
got a ZY 430+. arrived from china pretty quick it said it was shave ready but it's not really so i ordered a 3000/8000 whetstone from amazon. i have a GD 66 on the way from China too.
I was hoping you had your strop. In that way with some Chrom Ox you may have been able to refresh that ZY to more of a shave ready state. It will all come together soon! Please let me know how you get along. :)
Eric, Can you do a detailed video on sharpening stones and the different uses and grits? I bought a straight razor my barber will not shave me with. I called the company and they had it,"professionally honed". My barber said that made it worse!! I would like to learn to do it myself. Thank you for all the informative videos. I have learned so much watching.
Congrats on getting your first straight razor! ;) Yeah Buddy! Great suggestion Douglas! Let me see what I can put together for you on sharpening stones, uses, and grits. Thanks for your great suggestion and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
You will need 4 stones I use oil. I used to use water. In order India medium Arkansas Hard Belgian Blue Arkansas Translucent Most times I just use the Belgian Blue and Arky Translucent These stones stay very flat. Rarely have to do any maintenance. Every few uses put some Sic 240 grit powder and work a plane of glass over the stone. Oil and wipe off and re oil and wipe off.
@@AdventuresInWetShaving my nephew got a nice Agate stone they claim equivalent to 10k and a nice Ruby they claim 3k off ebay. If you look you can find them in 200mm x 50mm sizes for reasonable price. They are slow but they work.
Fredrick, I'll check them out thanks, buddy! ;) Thanks for your great comments and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Wow Z! ;) I see what you mean ZY straight razor are really hard to find. At the end of last year I ordered another Gold Dollar 66 to replace my last one and it never showed up. Then I ordered another from aliexpress... It took a really long time to get here, but it did finally show up. Don't give up you will find one sooner or later. It's a weird world in which we live today. Keep trying buddy! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Great videos and very informative! Thanks!!! I just started on straight razor shaving and i bought cheap straight razor that is not shave ready and i will give it out for honing. Tell me how much of a difference should i expect from a Dovo? I paid 8€ ($10) for it , in order to check out whether i like the procedure or not and i would like to get a really fancy one at some point, if i decide to take this shaving route.Thanks in advance and keep them coming!!!
Great question G! ;) It's all about the edge you can use a cheap straight razor, or a new name brand straight razor or a vintage Dovo for a great price, and 8€ ($10) is a great price, mate. The more expensive straight razors will have a better fit and finish, but they all will shave the same with a good edge on them. So start on the cheap (I like the sounds of your Dovo) and get a good edge put on them. Then you can see if this is something you feel like you will really enjoy. Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Is there a way we can get Gold Dollar razors that are fixed geometry wise? I could use a couple to learn honing on but fixing geometry is a skill in itself.
Great question Michael! ;) At this point I don't believe there is a place that sells Gold Dollar razor with their geometry fixed... other then buying a Gold Dollar already honed by Anthony Eposito or Frank Miso at Strike Gold Shave. This might be something I could look into in the future as a service... please let me know if I can help is anyway. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care! :) #Heart
Please make a video about how to fix the misalignment of the the 208 where the blade hits the side of the scales thanks!! I have 2 gold dollar 208, one is aligned and one that is not. I am wondering what to do to fix it.
Здравствуйте!🖐 Как ваше здоровье? Я думаю у вас стало больше опыта)) Какое у вас мнение на сегодняшний день по бритвам GD? Какая из них бреет мягче/комфортнее?
Great questions Amir! ;) I'm feeling better and hopefully, I'll have some new videos coming soon. Today I would go with the Carbon Steel GD straight razor over the Stainless Steel. As far as getting a comfortable shave goes it's all about the edge and how is finished. I like the natural finishing stones over the synthetic stones, natural stones impart a smoother/softer/more comfortable edge and the Carbon Steel is easier to work with than Stainless Steel. Thanks for your great comment and questions, thanks for watching! :) Have a great week, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Great question Amir! ;) Both the GS66 and 208 have the same Carbon Steel, and the GD208 in my experience has a better fit and finish most of the time for a bit more money. The GD208 would be my first pick for a straight razor on the cheap that will perform nicely. Let me know how you get along buddy :) #Heart
Great question rbrrhllngswrth! ;) At this point I can't look far enough back on eBay to see where I was getting my ZY and GD straight razor. But I did find this bit.ly/37C9c53 check it out and I have a GD66 coming right now from Seller chourenling1990. Please let me know how you get along and if you have any other questions. Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart
It's hard to just pick one Gold Dollar so it would be between the GD 800 and the GD 66. I have had the GD 800 longer, but I really enjoy the shave the GD 66 gives me and for the price the GD 66 can't be beat. Hopefully that was helpful, thanks for the great question and for watching Alessandro Thug Knife! 👍🙂👍
Just subscribed to your channel. I’ve been wet shaving for about a year. I started with DE ‘s, and started using straights about 4 months ago. I’m thinking of getting s ZY from strike gold shave. I have a Dovo, GD 208, and vintage Louis Ernst & Son that needs to be restored. I think I’m going to pick up the Zy. Thanks for posting this video. All the best! Josh.
Hey, Shootin The Shave - Welcome and thanks so much for subscribing! ;) I'm so happy you found the channel, the Adventures In Wet Shaving Community is here for you feel free to ask questions and comment! You have a fine set of straight razors with your Dovo, GD 208, and vintage Louis Ernst & Son (I do enjoy the vintage straight razors)! I believe you will enjoy the ZY430 from Strike Gold Shave they are shoulder less and quite good. You're on a fantastic journey especially now that you're getting into straight razor! Please let me know how you get a long with your new ZY430, I look forward to hearing all about it! :) Thanks for your great comment and for your encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and have a good day! :) #Heart
