Thread: Double Duck vs FW Engels vs Ern: opinions

Old barbers I spoke to on the topic back in the 1980s, when I began collecting straight razors, said the duck and the Engles were their preferred razors, but any Solingen and to a lesser extent Sheffield, were also very good. They did not mention USA made razors.

ME, after shaving with many over the past 7 years, I think they are all good. Some maybe a hair (no pun) better than others. The Engels Special is as good as any duck I've shaved with, and I've shaved with the reapers, wonderedges, and goldedges. Most all of them are good and the lesser known are a bargain many times. IMHO.

Thanks Jimmy. I've been wondering if I should aspire to getting a DD, with the way that people have been going nuts about them, but I want to try to keep the RAD in check.

As I said, I got an Ern and FWE ( both NOS, and tarnished, but never used) and I was hoping that those would be as great as anything else from the old days.

I know there's a lot of subjectivity to all this. I just want to hear about other people's experiences with those vintage razors, since the only vintage razors that I've used so far are Shumates, and they stand up very well to the modern Solingen razors that I use. I still get some of my best shaves from a couple of Shumates that I restored a few years ago. Shumate has got to be one of the most seriously underrated razors.