Thread: dubl duck Special No. 1

Originally Posted by Martin103

Yes Dubl Duck prior to WWII. In the 20's if i remember correctly, but the name change to Pearlduck in 1947, and all the advertisement i posted that offered American duck were from Pearlduck, dont know for sure if there any Bresduck that are American made.

So perhaps the advert you posted is representative of a new beginning for the moniker with new ownership post WWII.
Some would not want a German-made razor for obvious reasons. Still, some enterprising Germans were attempting to get back in business, I expect. Hence the option of German or American-made?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

So perhaps the advert you posted is representative of a new beginning for the moniker with new ownership prior to WWII.
Some would not want a German-made razor for obvious reasons. Still, some enterprising Germans were attempting to get back in business, I expect. Hence the option of German or American-made?

That's what i'm thinking as well.

Originally Posted by Martin103

That's what i'm thinking as well.

TBH.... How else could you explain a French Duck?

A thought! Pearlson was a salesman!
I can see an old barber in New York deciding upon some new ducks, yet was apprehensive.
Decided upon one of each, 6/8 in German, 6/8 in American.....
Suckers came in and were the same razor except the stamps.
After the Americans got all happy after the war, they did not mind that they were all German made at all! Then all the old American makes vanished. German and English razor production screeched to a halt for the most part with Japanese production being gone, I think?
That's how it was done!

Originally Posted by shikano53

My Dwarf that I recently acquired and re-finished.

My 2 Dwarfs for comparison with subtle differences. Blacken tangs with gold inlays. One is 2 9/16" to the first stabilizer and other is 2 5/8" to the first stabilizer. (oil on blades)

The outfit was started by Charles Bresnick in the 20s. Those razors are just marked Bresnick and many were unmarked as to origin. I suspect those are American made. At some point he became enamored by ducks and started making razors with one duck on them then he increased it to two ducks and called them twinduck. He then changed the name of the company when he moved from lower manhattan to Midtown manhattan and called it Bresduck and from that point the DD logo and name were used.

My understanding is Pearlson worked for him and bought him out in the 40s and of course renamed the outfit Pearlduck and most of the names we are familiar with are from the Pearlson era. Pearlson moved the outfit to Jamaica, N.Y and I walked by the store almost every day on my way to school never knowing......Oh the agony.

Pearlson forged a relationship with Beau Brummel and became their exclusive distributor in the U.S. Eventually Pearlson sold the outfit and it moved to Garden City N.Y as a general beautician supply outfit and was sold again as a pet suppy outfit somewhere north of NYC.

These days I don't know.

Hello,

I know this thread is pretty old, but I have a Dubl Duck Special No.1 that is American. On the right side of the tang it has Pearlduck written above the Dubl Duck logo & text, but the "K" looks like an "R", while most I have seen use a normal "k". Below the logo it reads "Reg U.S. Pat Off." (registered with the U.S. patents office). The two ducks look slightly different as well, but they could be worn from use. If it's a barbers razor like someone else mentioned, it probably got a lot of use. The razor measures .68 (11/16") at the lowest point of the spine, and .71 (45/64") at the tip of the spine, near the tip of the razor (spine to edge). So far I haven't seen another American one either, but I'm sure they're out there.

Welcome to SRP. We love pictures so post up some pictures of the tang, stamps, and such.
And stick around. You will find lots of great info on Straight Razors here. More than you will find anywhere else!

If I would have checked out the next few posts, I would have seen another member post an American Dubl Duck same as mine (it figures). ��

Thanks for the welcome and nice to meet you Gasman.