Hello Dr. Matt, Thank you for all you do. You make it easier for us new to the sport. Why do these (professional) razor companies not know how to make a proper razor? Don’t they know how to build them or do they not really care? Thank you keep up with your humour, and great ideas, really appreciated.
Superb video. One day I'll pull the trigger on some gold dollars and maintenance items and it's great to see what people mean when they say the stabilizers will need work.
Great video as always. My SR guru on the scene again. Thank you for creating all your videos. I started SR shaving and honing all at once in November 2017. It were harsh times and really steep learning curve. But you were my best teacher and your videos helped me tremendously. I was extremely stubborn and I tried so hard I finally made it. Since then I shave only with straight razors and I am getting best shaves ever. Big THANK YOU and keep doing wonderfull job.
Wilfried Vomáčka - Thank you Wilfried and you’re welcome. It’s always nice to hear the stories of how you guys tackle this and I was able to help. Cheers!😁
Hi Dr Matt.. I've just done this on two razors I've just acquired. After all the info I have had off your videos I find this a bugger if you ain't carful. So far so good. Cheers my friend. Ps. I have found out the most dangerous thing about straight razors. It's my wife finding out how much I have spent on razors since seeing your first video years ago. 😂
@@cheshirebowman4465 - Another wife that hates me!😆 Reminds of a meme I saw that said, “my biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells all my stuff for what I told her I paid for it!” 🙌🏻👊🏻
Hey Doc, what type of handpiece are you using on your shaft/rotary tool? I like it, it's nice and thin. I actually addressed the stabilizers on a Gold Dollar the other day, and it was a little tougher for me because my handpiece was at least twice the width of your handpiece, which means the angle of attack is a little different (and more difficult to get the job done properly). Thanks.
That’s a flexible shaft. I bought it 30 years ago so I can’t remember if it was all together or separate but here’s one they sell as an attachment. us.dremel.com/en_US/products/-/show-product/tools/225-01-flex-shaft-attachment
@@drmatt357 - I appreciate it Doc, but the one you were using is much better (and thinner) then the "new and improved" version. I just might have to break down and buy one of the Foredom handpieces. There are some Chinese clones, but they won't take a 1/8" shank, only the smaller 3/32" shanks.
Very cool video and nice work Dr. Matt. I hear you on the stabilizer of a Gold Dollar. So to get around that, I trimmed the heel and toe just like I saw in Anthony Esposito's video which doesn't take long at all. I'm pretty much back to DE safety razors now.
Stephen Davidson - Trimming the heel will help prevent a heel hook but doesn’t address the stabilizer issue and I still haven’t figured out the purpose of trimming the toe... 🤔
I prefer going onto a buffing wheel with the spine leading instead of the edge like you did, less chance of the wheel grabbing the blade and taking a piece out of it.
Yo, Matt-a-Rooski...just letting you know that your videos are great. So, stupid, ABC! Did my new Gold Dollar a few minute’s ago, and it was so easy and simple. It is flat as heck now, no scraping of the stabilizer on my Naniwa stone...and pops pubic hairs like there’s no tomorrow. Ok...just kidding about the pubes. But, “Dang”, it did what you said it would do, and what I wanted it to do. Doode...you da Man!
I do a lot of work on them. I do this stabilizer thing, I do some work on the shank to thin it also, the geometry fixes, reshape the tip and buff them up.
So what grit would you put that piece of granite at? 😝 Seriously though, I wonder sometimes how these more modern razor companies hone the razors in the first place with those huge stabilizers, it makes me think they did it all by machine. Some of them are so hard to hone with the big honkin' piece of steel hanging up all the time.
LOL! That piece of granite seems to pop up in a lot of my videos. They are done on machines like those two opposing wheels that they stick them down in. They have the potential to be decent shavers but unfortunately when mass produced, this result seems to be the rule rather than the exception.
Vintage Life - Thanks for tuning in. I just watched your video. Well done and fair criticisms of that service. I’ve had some of their straight razors come through.
Matt here, Other Matt can you please put a strip of tape over the edge of that razor when playing with power tools and razors? Please? We all love you bud and accidents happen to good people too. Also badass shirt!
Hello Dr. Matt,
Thank you for all you do. You make it easier for us new to the sport.
Why do these (professional) razor companies not know how to make a proper razor?
Don’t they know how to build them or do they not really care?
Thank you keep up with your humour, and great ideas, really appreciated.
Good question Norm. 2 things. Most don't use them and secondly, they just don't care.
Good job Dr.Matt! When I see that touch the stone, I take it down without thinking.
Superb video. One day I'll pull the trigger on some gold dollars and maintenance items and it's great to see what people mean when they say the stabilizers will need work.
I was just thinking today where have you been !
Tiffa Liffa - Thanks TL! I been chill’n but I have some more stuff I’ll be doing. 😁
So glad I found this channel !!
ratchet1741 - I’m happy you find it useful!😁
Great to see a fellow gun guy. Love the powder thrower in the background.
What is the point of the stabilizer on a razor? Thanks a lot for all the great videos. I am a newb and can't find any decent info on that topic.
Great video as always. My SR guru on the scene again. Thank you for creating all your videos. I started SR shaving and honing all at once in November 2017. It were harsh times and really steep learning curve. But you were my best teacher and your videos helped me tremendously. I was extremely stubborn and I tried so hard I finally made it. Since then I shave only with straight razors and I am getting best shaves ever. Big THANK YOU and keep doing wonderfull job.
Wilfried Vomáčka - Thank you Wilfried and you’re welcome. It’s always nice to hear the stories of how you guys tackle this and I was able to help. Cheers!😁
Hi Dr Matt.. I've just done this on two razors I've just acquired. After all the info I have had off your videos I find this a bugger if you ain't carful. So far so good. Cheers my friend. Ps. I have found out the most dangerous thing about straight razors. It's my wife finding out how much I have spent on razors since seeing your first video years ago. 😂
@@cheshirebowman4465 - Another wife that hates me!😆 Reminds of a meme I saw that said, “my biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells all my stuff for what I told her I paid for it!” 🙌🏻👊🏻
Dr. Matt thank you for the information on grinding the stabilizer great! I have been doing it like a caveman. I now will do it right from now on.
Nice work. I just grind the whole stabilizer off of the GDs.
That works but I wouldn't want to do that on anything other than a GD and especially someone else's non GD razor!
DrMatt357 agreed.
Excellent job, thanks for the tutorial.
abe frohman - I thought you’d enjoy the music!😉
DrMatt357 oh yeah
Nice. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent! Thanks from Texas.
Nice one again and finally a detailed vid from scratch!
I kept expecting you to burst into flames ! Lol..great how to video. Cheers.
Dr., I once caught my shirt on a Dremel wheel and it balled up a real mess, lucky there wasn't a razor in the middle of it.
STRONG .DOCTOR
Hey Doc, what type of handpiece are you using on your shaft/rotary tool?
I like it, it's nice and thin. I actually addressed the stabilizers on a Gold Dollar the other day, and it was a little tougher for me because my handpiece was at least twice the width of your handpiece, which means the angle of attack is a little different (and more difficult to get the job done properly).
Thanks.
That’s a flexible shaft. I bought it 30 years ago so I can’t remember if it was all together or separate but here’s one they sell as an attachment. us.dremel.com/en_US/products/-/show-product/tools/225-01-flex-shaft-attachment
@@drmatt357 - I appreciate it Doc, but the one you were using is much better (and thinner) then the "new and improved" version. I just might have to break down and buy one of the Foredom handpieces. There are some Chinese clones, but they won't take a 1/8" shank, only the smaller 3/32" shanks.
Thanks for sharing. Your explanations and demonstrations are very helpful!
Very cool video and nice work Dr. Matt. I hear you on the stabilizer of a Gold Dollar. So to get around that, I trimmed the heel and toe just like I saw in Anthony Esposito's video which doesn't take long at all. I'm pretty much back to DE safety razors now.
Stephen Davidson - Trimming the heel will help prevent a heel hook but doesn’t address the stabilizer issue and I still haven’t figured out the purpose of trimming the toe...
🤔
@@drmatt357 it's optional but I usually did it for a more rounded point.
I prefer going onto a buffing wheel with the spine leading instead of the edge like you did, less chance of the wheel grabbing the blade and taking a piece out of it.
Bundubeard Boendoebaard - the wheel is turning CCW or down so the spine is the leading edge.
Oh yes, looked at it again, correctly done. Apologies.
Yo, Matt-a-Rooski...just letting you know that your videos are great.
So, stupid, ABC!
Did my new Gold Dollar a few minute’s ago, and it was so easy and simple.
It is flat as heck now, no scraping of the stabilizer on my Naniwa stone...and pops pubic hairs like there’s no tomorrow.
Ok...just kidding about the pubes. But, “Dang”, it did what you said it would do, and what I wanted it to do.
Doode...you da Man!
LOL!
Sir.
What is your turnaround for this type of work right now?
1 day
U can hone with the stabilizer off the stone also, and pick up the entire edge.
What , you growing a beard? Happy New Year! Thanks for all the help.
Svend Rosenkvist 😱 Never!
Good stuff Doc. Love the shirt. 👍🇺🇸
Murica!😉
You're back:)
Great video Matt
🤘😃🤘
I would love to see how you prep a gold dollar.
I do a lot of work on them. I do this stabilizer thing, I do some work on the shank to thin it also, the geometry fixes, reshape the tip and buff them up.
@@drmatt357 a video would be cool 😎 🙏
@@thedudeofshaving1749 - It’s too involved. Takes between an hour and an hour and a half. Nobody wants to see all of that for a $5-$10 Chinese razor.
Caswell buffer! I got the same one.. I live in Rochester so I am close by that company.
Great product and they're great to deal with. I thought the price was very fair as well.
@@drmatt357 It is a good price. They gave me a cash discount as a walk in which was cool. They are out in the middle of no where.
It's called a spira band & mandrel.
Thanks Pete!
Cool! Man I have never seen a dremal that small - the ones I have seen are big and clunky.
That's an extension so the motor is hanging from the cabinet.
Dope. 🔥
So what grit would you put that piece of granite at? 😝
Seriously though, I wonder sometimes how these more modern razor companies hone the razors in the first place with those huge stabilizers, it makes me think they did it all by machine. Some of them are so hard to hone with the big honkin' piece of steel hanging up all the time.
LOL! That piece of granite seems to pop up in a lot of my videos.
They are done on machines like those two opposing wheels that they stick them down in. They have the potential to be decent shavers but unfortunately when mass produced, this result seems to be the rule rather than the exception.
Nice work. I just did a review of a popular honing service and it came back worse than it left. Those guys do not have the skill you do.
Vintage Life - Thanks for tuning in. I just watched your video. Well done and fair criticisms of that service. I’ve had some of their straight razors come through.
What is a stabilizer? Why is it even there??
Matt here, Other Matt can you please put a strip of tape over the edge of that razor when playing with power tools and razors? Please? We all love you bud and accidents happen to good people too.
Also badass shirt!
MK ULTRA - Will do. Thanks for the advices. 😃
Haha Hell Yeah!