Thread: Dubl Duck Models

I have a SatinWedge and a Bresnick special no1. They are both great razors. I hate the scales on my Bresnick and wish I knew what the originals looked like, hopefully they are nicer.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I have a SatinWedge and a Bresnick special no1. They are both great razors. I hate the scales on my Bresnick and wish I knew what the originals looked like, hopefully they are nicer.

Seriously, I only have a lowly #1. Built it from 3 razors! Pretty nice, though! I have had a Satinwedge, a Special Wedge, a Goldedge, and a Satinedge. I like the #1 as much as any!

I haven't had as many dubl ducks as thebigspendur, seriously, but I've had a few. My impressions over the years since '07 when I came around here were that the Wonderedge was considered the top of the line. The Reaper was the rarest, especially in real good or better condition. I guess from a $ value point of view the Goldedge came next in the pecking order, Satinedge next. These are my impressions mind you, not carved in stone.

The dubl duck Special no 1, Hand Forged, Dwarf, and others that I can't think of offhand were also 'good' razors but in general didn't bring the same $ as the 'top of the line' aforementioned. Now in the 1980s when I used to hang in barber shops, trying to get old razors from the old barbers back then, more than one told me that dubl duck was there favorite with FWE a close second.

IME Wonderedges are harder to hone. I never liked the couple I had as much as I liked the Goldedge, Satinedge, Special no 1. At least those were much easier to hone and shaved as good if not better as the Wonderedge ....... IMHO. Scuttlebutt back in those days was that the Wonderedge was tempered differently than the others. I don't know if there is anything to that but it damn sure seemed to be harder steel

The rarest of all dubl ducks is the Napoleon with the Winder edge a close second. That is my story and I'm sticking to it.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Seriously, I only have a lowly #1. Built it from 3 razors! Pretty nice, though! I have had a Satinwedge, a Special Wedge, a Goldedge, and a Satinedge. I like the #1 as much as any!

If you want a shaver not a looker the No.1 Special is hard to beat.

Bob

Dang old Winder edge! Hard to beat!

Originally Posted by BobH

If you want a shaver not a looker the No.1 Special is hard to beat.

Bob

Agreed. Shaves with all of them, I think! Easier to find in a good blade as well!

Originally Posted by pfries

Gee 10Pups I didn't think you liked Ducks?

That's funny right there! ..... I have one lonely dwarf that is out being honed as we speak. Hope too eventually add a couple other ducks to the fleet. If an when I can bank roll one or two.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I have used a few different models of these Ducks. I can say with most certainty you can't tell much of a difference other than that of the width. There are differences it's just not that easy to see/feel them. The one exception to the rule is the SatinWedge which is a special grind which is not really a true wedge. More of a wedge feeling but not quite. It has been said that the Wonderedge is made from a harder steel however a Perlson family member said this is not true. It seemed harder to hone to me but ??? To me the Satinedge is the finest Duck to use in any width but it's all in my head I am sure.

1 more thing.... I believe many manufactures made different Duck models for Bresnick and then Perlson. As far as I can see they are all from Germany. Some blades may be thinner than others and this is what I feel in the Satinedge. I have yet to take a few to Nasa to have them measured so this is just what I am guessing from feeling and using the different blade models.





Was just thinking that the life span of this company went through a few wars. Very possible that some models came from allies during WWII and such. I am investigating all this and someday hope to have a story to tell :<0)

Some of the earlier "ducks" were made in the U.S and some in France.

Bresnick, who started the company sold shaving supplies and sold many brands of razors some with his name on it and some without. Some said expressly made for him and some didn't. His own brand of razors he called "lifetime". We don't know who made those but suspect more than one company and even countries. At some point he decided to use a duck as a logo. First it was razors with a single duck on the scales that made no mention of "duck" then he used two ducks and called them twin ducks and then settled on duble duck. Duble Duck was not the business name it was CS Bresnick. he later changed the business name to Bresduck. Later when Pearlson took over the company he started using the Duck name in the company name however his business was International Cutlery once he moved from Manhattan to Jamaica N.Y. He later got into an arrangement with Beau Brummel and became exclusive distributor for their razors.

So when you look at the various models and some have numbers only you need to realize you are dealing with more than one company and some models match up with one company or the other and other models were only sold during a brief period. Probably the Special Number 1 was the basic model that bridged most of the histories of the company. They sold those by the gazillions to barbers for professional use and then to consumers.

Jimmy is right the Napoleon is probably the rarest. I've never seen one anywhere. Another is the Gold mandarin. I have one on the club forum. it has the most beautiful of celluloid scales unfortunately mine started to gas and I had to replace them.

There are also razors without ducks on them from the early days, like this one:
Bresduck Inc "Lifetime - Wedge (Rooster)" 5/8 - Straight Razor Place Library
I don't remember the details on the 'shrimp' off the top of my head but I believe that one is from later. And I had one more unusual beast, which I can't remember for the life of me - may have to dig it out tonight.

You could go to the Category:Straight Razor Database - Straight Razor Place Library and to http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ffy-ducks.html for examples of various razors.

As the others said, the bulk consists of the special no.1, satinedge, and goldedge - wonderedges and satinwedges are plentiful too but not on the same scale.

And a shout out for the Bresnick Puma ducks !!