Thread: Got my Dubl Duck (eBay) and a question asked too many times

(Special No. 1)
Ah, the post office sucks, but I managed to get them to dig up my acquisition.

Yes, you always get the question "is it shave-ready?" however the packaging reads that it's been hand-honed and even has the red letters "HAIR-TESTED" stamped on it. In the good old days did "Hair-tested" and hand-honed mean something?
The bevel doesn't look very wide, so maybe the idea of shave-ready not being shave-ready still holds for this one?

btw the ebay pic doesn't do justice to the good condition this blade is in. Looks completely unused, after a wipe the scales are in great condition.

The oxidation over the decades makes it HIGHLY unlikely that it's shave ready now. If they protected the metal, it may take only a few passes on the Norton to clean up the bevel and have it ready for some miracle work on the Cr2O3.

Light touch to the barber hone, strop and it shaved nice.
How's the Special No.1 compare/relate to the famous wonderedge?

All DDs give superior shaves. Frankly I don't think you could tell the difference if you shaved with both, The wonderedge will hold its edge longer because of the treatment of the steel and is prettier but otherwise you won't get a better shave.