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    So these are my ducks I have, most of you will remember the SatinEdge I did a few years ago. Well as it goes my collection grew, and now there's only one duck left that I will eventually own, the lifetime duck. I recently reached out to another member for advice, and figured I'd just broaden the scope and see what everyone thinks. So eventually I would like to rescale all of them like the SatinEdge, and sell the original scales. My question is do you guys think the SatinWedge I currently have is worth putting all that work into? All my other ducks are 13/16 square points, and the SatinWedge is 9/16. She's an odd ball in the group for sure, right now I have a chance to replace the SatinWedge I have with a more respectable example, however the price reflects this. Would you guys fix the duck I already own, and let the small blade go, or would you jump and spend the money on the nicer one?
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    That all depends on your taste and desire. I myself see nothing special about the ducks, except most have rotted away by their own scales. I've gone to great lengths to remove all types of razors that were prone to cell rot from my collection.
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    AFAIK, the Satinwedge was typical of modern grind wedges. I think 5/8 was original size.
    Good shavers, just typically smaller.

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    So, the story is that pearlduck was tasked by barbers to produce a wedge for the trade since wedges weren't being made anymore so they came up with this oddity as a commercial supplier. I have one myself. Actually I have around 30 ducks or so. You can see them in the clubs section.

    Though they are a wedge they don't have the weight and heft of one so many don't consider them to be a true wedge but they are. They are uncommon razors similar to the stainless duck made around the same time circa 1950 or so.
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    Thanks so much for the history lesson BigSpendur, I sure do love my ducks. And learning more about there history is just awesome.
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    Your satin wedge blade may be smaller but is still fully serviceable. If you are planning on hanging on to it, it is fully worth the work of new scales. They are a little smaller but they still shave well.
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    I got gifted a DubleDuck Satinedge in perfect condition.

    It the most beautiful thing I've ever seen and I'm madly in love with.

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    I've literally had them on my bench, just staring at 'em. I think I was mean to the wedge, to quick to judge. I really don't think it would need much work to get shining again, and I'm sure like Shaun said, little small but good shaver. She'll fit right in the group. I have some translucent colored acrylics coming in a few different colors, and this pretty stuff. Sneak peak into some of my upcoming projects, wink wink. So I could make like a light blue variant SatinWedge, with the donkey ear abalone for the backing. With the bolster tranfer, Idk I'm in brainstorm mode. Thanks for the reply guys, cheers
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