Thread: DD Goldedge 13/16"

Originally Posted by Magpie

I shall take this moment to remind you all that DublDuck never produced a 13/16

Its a nice restore though, and certainly you wont have to worry about the cell rot.

13/16
devide the numberator and the denomonator by the same number 13/2 = 6.5 , 16/2 =8 now we have 13/16 simplified is 6/8, and because the .5 in the
numerato we round up so 7/8

No No, Whoever! They measured from the spine contact point to the edge making it 6/8. A 6/8 measured 13/16! If measured from the top of the spine to the edge, 13/16!

so why can't I simply the fraction wich makes 13/16 , 6/8
Someone postede "they never made 13/16," so I decided to show the math on how it's 6/8

They definitely made 13/16 7/8 and 8/8 here's my Goldedge and it's definitely a full 13/16.

On the Goldedges. Do they get longer as they jump up sizes? I have a 13/16 Satinedge and it is much longer and larger in all proportions than a 5/8 one.

Nothing with Dubl Duck is a standard anything. You have to remember they are a BS company. Having spoken with Zak on many occasions about how things really worked in Sheffield I have a feeling the same thing applies through out razor history.
You have companies that make steel another that make blanks and regrinds, another making brass bolsters, In in the Duck story you have pouring scales, which I suspect was done here in the US but I can't confirm that. Out of the ones in my collection, I have only a few Ducks that are exactly the same.

By the way I just looked at 5 Goldedge from 5/8 to 7/8 and all the same length.

As for measuring: All Duck boxes are in increments of 1/8. Like said, they measured from spine contact to edge. Given the fact that we now measure from the top and countless numbers of blades have been restored, ( honed/repaired with tape) many other sizes appear to have been made. This is not the case.

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

They definitely made 13/16 7/8 and 8/8 here's my Goldedge and it's definitely a full 13/16.

Very nice blade there. 13/16 ? I got one just like that once needed repair. Customer smacked the faucet with it. I taped it and had to take off a 1/16 to make it shave again.

Just making a point sorry :<0)

Remember, DD was a barbers supply store. They sold everything (just about) and made nothing. As their suppliers changed so did their products. They made razors in all sizes (in 8ths) and used practically every imaginable name and also a slew of razors with numbers too if you go all the way back to the Bresnick days.

The ONLY size that DD ever advertised that was no in increments of 8s was the 9/16

I know everybody wants to have a bigger razor, but measuring from the top of the spine simply does not make it so. I have seen 5/8 diamond cross section razors where the contact point to the top of the spine measures 3/8 That does not mean the razor will shave like an 8/8 blade. Geeze, I should forge up a razor with a 1" spine and call it a 15/8