Thread: Had to redo my resto on Satinedge

Not to be redundant here but I had to do this over. A bit.
Something about leaving the shaft polished and the letters blank just didn't seem right for this razor. Something was missing to my eye. After casting about for some info I was given some original advertising literature on this razor which indicated the shaft was "Satin finished". Hmmmm

Also on another post I showed photos which seemed to point to gold in the lettering on the shaft. I used some thinner, removed some wax build up and low and behold it glittered! There was gold in there after all.

So I broke the razor down again and using the pattern of Gold from one of my Goldedges I made a Satin finish on this razor. Then I added the Gold to the script and seeing that the ducks had a different finish I decided to use the DD blue as found on the Goldedge. Is it correct? Well I think it's closer than leaving the shaft polished and the letters blank.
Here are some shots showing the evidence that made me redo the blade and lettering. Looking at the before photos you can also see how the shaft has a matte finish which seems like it would have ended right where the blob of rust is sitting.
Silly? Maybe. But I found it interesting and fun to research.

First two shots showing the before where the matte finish is seen compared to the blade itself. Also some gold which didn't appear this obvious to the naked eye!
Shots 3, 4 + 5 show the remnants of the gold after cleaning up the blade.
The last shots prepping the shaft prior to lettering and paint.

The final results.
First shot shows the blade prior to me breaking it down again and how it looked. See,,, it just doesn't look right somehow and this bugged me.
They wouldn't have left the blade like this I didn't believe.
The rest of the shots are the final rendition. I think it has a better overall balance and symmetry to it now. After all it is Satin on a Satinedge just as the gold appears on the Goldedge . They compliment each other. Makes sense to me somehow.

I have wondered about this and looked at a bunch for traces of something that would distinguish the tang from the rest of the pack. Goldedge , Wonderedge, Special no.1, Handforged, all have their special tangs. I love your idea but all I have ever found besides plain is black or red .

Mycarver, thank you for this informative (and inspiring) post.
I've never been able to afford a Dubl Duck in ANY condition but I love your passion (and 10Pups's too !!)
and your efforts to bring these superb razors "back to life" always make me smile.

More please

Bongo.

Well maybe it was black. But I picked the blue because it's "in the family" sort of thing. Easy enough to change. But the 3 different sets of advertising literature that some members sent to me clearly said " Satin Shaft" ,,and if you look as I said at my before shots you can see what looks like faded bluing stopping at the stabilizer and most likely where the rust blob is just the the Gold on the Goldedges. I used them for reference.
Now on another site a guy just sent me photos of his DD's. Wouldn't you know they used this same satin finish on others.
But what is driving me crazy now is the literature said " Gold on the tip". What does that mean? Where? I'm sure somebody out there has an example and if so ,, I'm breaking it down again to Gold plate it.
Hey, I did my other razors.
Here are the few I have for reference. first shot shows the re plated one.

Originally Posted by bongo

Mycarver, thank you for this informative (and inspiring) post.
I've never been able to afford a Dubl Duck in ANY condition but I love your passion (and 10Pups's too !!)
and your efforts to bring these superb razors "back to life" always make me smile.

More please

Bongo.

I could post stuff till I'm blue in the face.
But don't give up hope on finding one of these. I can't afford them either ( seeing the prices some are commanding ) so I basically stole these.
The Satin edge featured here I got for $7.00. Came in a lot of 67 razors I bought 2 weekends ago. The NOS,, in the box, labels and all, don't think it was honed,, was $35.00. And what was my 'user' Goldedge which is now restored and replated was $15.00. So a grand total of $57.00 for theses three isn't all that bad considering what they might bring if I decided to sell them. I'll bet you I could double my money easily! LOL,,,,

Everywhere I turn I see ducks today

Tip of the tang ? My Goldedge has blue letters on one side and the other worn. Most of the surviving gold plate is on the tip of the tang. My Satinedges do have the light sanded look on the tang but very faint. Most of my Ducks went right into ICU when I got them. I have a Blue Jinx and a Gold Manderin and no idea what they looked like original. I am sure the scales have been replaced on both. I am going to do what I do to both of them soon.

Originally Posted by Heespharm

Everywhere I turn I see ducks today

Everywhere I turn,, or open mail,, I see YOU! Ha! hey buddy. You overflowed my in box.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Tip of the tang ? My Goldedge has blue letters on one side and the other worn. Most of the surviving gold plate is on the tip of the tang. My Satinedges do have the light sanded look on the tang but very faint. Most of my Ducks went right into ICU when I got them. I have a Blue Jinx and a Gold Manderin and no idea what they looked like original. I am sure the scales have been replaced on both. I am going to do what I do to both of them soon.

I was thinking the end of the blade somehow but where would it terminate. Yeah, that is a distinctive blue they have. I use Testors enamel mix to duplicate it.
Do a bit of research on the others. You'd be surprised what you find. Or post them and ask if anyone has any reference. I'm doing a J. Rodgers that a guy wanted me to " hot rod" . Sorry,, not a blade like this marked "Cutlers to their Majesties" in pristine shape but missing scales. Found some photos showing the blade with the proper shape scales on it. Cool.

could you post some pics of the razors you mentioned? I just love this stuff and trying to figure it out. Besides the porn value as well!
Just the name "Gold Mandarin" sounds intriguing. I'm looking for another Japanese/Chinese razor to do more carved Ivory motifs. Better yet, don't show me or I'll bug you till you sell .