Thread: Those Daffy Ducks

My new addition a Wonderedge Ducky. Just arrived and is mint condition. Going to take it out for a test shave in a couple of minutes.. Just finished the shave, and it was smooth. Not used to the smaller blades and I'll probably take it to my Coticule to see if I can smooth out the blade more then it is now. Doesn't really need it but the stones are like guns. If you have them you always want to use them.

That's a nice one, the Wonderedge was my favourite Duck, the only razor that frequently made me bleed, the Goldedge I had was a real biter, the Wonderedge I could somewhat tame, when I got a few 3 pass shaves under my belt with the Goldedge, I declared victory and sold it's evil soul.

Be careful, they are biters.

Sheesh, long time since I've seen this thread, makes me think of Chevhead, The King of the Ducks, good times....

Congrats on the Wonderedge, and let us know how the shave went.....:-)

I have two Ducks. And I have to say, I am sold. My Wonderedge shows some signs of use (although it looks better in real life than the picture), and my Goldedge is mint

Hey I have a question about tang finishes and details.
What is the final word on the factory finish on the Satinedge tang and the Satinwedge tang?
What are the factory colors of the tang stamps?
I read through a bunch of posts but am finding it hard to determine the final consensus on this.
Thanks for the info!

The tang is a satin finish and I have seen black or gold in the stamp as I can remember. There maybe some in blue. The confusion may come from restores calling the finish satin when you can clearly see scratches or a sandblast type finish. The true finish is more of a dull even look and hard to replicate. I will look through my stuff and see if I can locate some originals that will show in pics :<0) I can't seem to find a lot of my before shots for some reason.

Thank you Sir! Much appreciated!
So a satin finish with some metal etch? Or do I need to sand blast it?
Do you think the ducks were a different color?
I have questions on other Ducks, but I'll wait on those.
Thanks again!

Originally Posted by MikeT

Thank you Sir! Much appreciated!
So a satin finish with some metal etch? Or do I need to sand blast it?
Do you think the ducks were a different color?
I have questions on other Ducks, but I'll wait on those.
Thanks again!

Maybe a chemical type etch yes. Hard to describe really. It is just a dull even finish. I think the only color on Stainedge or Wedge razor were black or gold. I think blue was exclusive to the Goldedge. Now this is all just memory and would have to go through many photos to confirm. I am heading out of town to work this week or I would give it a look. I did spend 3 days getting all my razor pics together and deleting all the duplicates. The things you go through when you replace a 10 year old pc. One of my new years goals is to get them all online in 1 place. The other goal is to stop buying so many razors. We shall see what this year brings ! The Satinedge is an early model that had many different looks going back to Just bresnick days. I even have some Twin Duck Satinedge. You spot what I am saying on e-bay if you look close at some good pic from great sellers. No sand blasting :<0) There is a process that eludes my memory right now but I have a friend that is an expert at it. Abrasive substance I just can't remember the name of right now.

Thank you for the info!
I'll wait for any further suggestions on the colors and etch, as I've got a Reaper I'm rebuilding that will take me some time at my snail-pace.
What I'm doing now with the specifics inquiries is to prep for the next Ducks in line. My intent is to create a rebuilt Duck set.
What you wrote about the variation in style makes sense, I've seen more than one version of the Satins, it looks like there have been changes to the style over time.
The thing is about the colored lettering... Is that I never see any color in those letters except on restores.
Maybe my experience is limited on these Ducks but I figured that I would have seen little bits of color still left in those letters. I haven't. ...except maybe for black.
Must be easy to wipe off?

That is what I was saying. I have some originals with the color still in them. Black and gold.I got the day off,,,rain day.

So,,,, here you have some we can look through.



and up close is the one with gold color,,,, Black is a definite color that was used in many of the Duck tangs. You can see the Satin finish ? And what I mean by hard to describe.



some others you might like to see that are satin



Satin or Silk feels the same right ? Actually the poor thing is swiss cheesy so I haven't tried to do anything but stop the degrading.



To all my old friends you can see I am not dead :<0) And I am still buying razors. I just don't have the time to spend on them like i did. Hopefully that will change some this year.

Good to see you, Pups......Get em outa those scales, willya? Send them to me and I will do it for you, quarantine them and send them back!