Thread: Dubl Duck Satin Edge

I was looking to bid on this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...1481&rd=1&rd=1
Dubl Duck. I wanted to hear the opinions of the board members and also see if anyone else from the boards is bidding on it.

Thuzle,
Welcome to SRP.
It's a fine looking razor going by the photos. I have just purchased one privately and I payed $95 for it, and I don't think mine is in as good a nick as this one on ebay. I'm sure there will be a bidding frenzy for it in the last minute or so, but go for it, and good luck.

Cheers
John

I too see lots of sniping action for it.

Bad Luck,

You nearly got it, $128.49 you were well in there. See Altima55, one below you on the bidding, if he bids on something you can tell it must be in reasonable nick.
There will be plenty more around keep trying.

Cheers
John

So very close. It's been awhile since I've gotten much of anything off of eBay. Next time I'll make my way for it. I don't know if I should use some sniping software or not.

Also, apologies for not introducing myself earlier. First point being on about a razor on eBay. Despite the to do about the dubl duck brand, the duck moniker has special meaning to me either way.

One brought $182 a week ago and a questionable looking Satin Wedge went for something like $90 yesterday. Might have been fine but the picture was poor.


Tony

a wonderedge in good condition went for $90 just the other day. ducks don't even tempt me because i know that it could be rusted, pitted and honed down to 3/8, with cracked scales and people will still go into a frenzy

I neeeed the ducks! Oh yes.... and a nice blade to shave with.

I'm glad I've already acquired just about a full gaggle of ducks. Now if I could only find that Stainless Duck.

They are great shavers but the prices are starting to get out of hand.

Can someone with a passion for ducks explain their appeal? They're hardly alone in being made of great steel. To my eye, there's nothing particularly distinctive about their looks for mid-20th-century razors. Do people like the tubular cracked ice/faux MOP/lucelite scales? Is it that they're "collectible" because of all the different models, the elusive "grim reaper," etc.? Is there something special about the way they shave, besides the quality of the steel? I remember Lynn saying they have very flexy blades, which some people like.

I hope I'm not offending any duck-lovers, but I just don't get it. Loving the curves and profile of a 19th-c. Wade and Butcher makes perfect sense to me. But when I look at this Satin Edge that went for around $130, I think for the money, if I wanted a blade of that period and style and so on I'd buy a Filarmonica. Scratch that, for the money I'd buy two or three filarmonicas.

This isn't meant to be provocative; I'm just curious.