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05-22-2014, 07:05 AM #1
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.No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero
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05-22-2014, 12:34 PM #2
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.