Originally Posted by
John Crowley
PLEASE, everyone - do yourselves a favor and defocus from the DublDuck razors. They are good razors no doubt; however, ANYTHING coming out of Solingen will be of equal quality. The city of Solingen itself and the Solingen Blade Guild each have similar standards for the steel that MUST be met in order for the razor to say Made in Solingen. I know that there has been a big focus on Wonderedge razors because they are "Wonderedges". I used to think that the difference between a Wonderedge and a Goldedge, Satinedge or No. 1 Special was that the Wonderedge was cryo hardened carbon steel. Not so.
I made contact with the grandson of Peralman - the owner of the Pearlduck brand name after his partner (the Bres part of the Bresduck name whatever it was), retired in 1952, (Pearlduck closed it's doors in 1957 and the name now belongs to a dog grooming implement maker). He asked his grandfather then in his mid 90s, what the difference was in the steel used in Bresduck/Pearlduck razors and the answer was - nothing! The only difference in any of the Pearlduck or before that the Bresduck brand razors was trim and aesthetics. Some are prettier than others - that's it. So, save your money and buy any well kept razor with a nice straight edge and given the proper honing you should shave just as well as with a Wonderedge or any Bresduck/Pearlduck for that matter.