Thread: Dubl Duck Special No1

I've never seen one like that before either. Its not a pearlduck. The special number 1 is really a bridge model that went from the Bresnick days right up to the pearlduck days. I would guess its a Bresnick which would make it probably late 1920s.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I've never seen one like that before either. Its not a pearlduck. The special number 1 is really a bridge model that went from the Bresnick days right up to the pearlduck days. I would guess its a Bresnick which would make it probably late 1920s.

The Dubl Duck brand was sold and became Pearlduck in 1952 and stopped production in 1957.

Damn! Took a real close look at it under a microscope last night and found it has a hairline crack . However.... it cost me basically nothing came and the guy has another one thats not quite as mint, so back I'll go. Damn again!

Originally Posted by dgstr8

Damn! Took a real close look at it under a microscope last night and found it has a hairline crack . However.... it cost me basically nothing came and the guy has another one thats not quite as mint, so back I'll go. Damn again!

You still might be able to find someone (here or on ebay) that would be interested in it as a collection piece. Or maybe you would keep her for that reason.

Originally Posted by John Crowley

The Dubl Duck brand was sold and became Pearlduck in 1952 and stopped production in 1957.

Production? They never produced anything. They stopped selling razors but the company was again sold in the late 50s and moved from Jamaica to Garden City N.Y selling beauty Supplies and was again sold sometime later to some corporation and the DD brand still lives as a line of pet grooming Supplies. I think they are located north of New York City.

Was told by an old timer and super moderator around here that Dovo made the Dubl Ducks.

Originally Posted by John Crowley

The Dubl Duck brand was sold and became Pearlduck in 1952 and stopped production in 1957.

I had a barber here in my home town that I got to know back in the 1970s that I became friends with tell me that he could get me a professional straight razor. I tried to get him to order me a straight razor then, in the mid 70s ( I was in my early 20s then) from his barber supply house. He told me in 1975 that he could get me a Dubl Duck razor for about $85 ( 1970s dollars that is) which was a real chunk of money back then. I distinctly remember him naming that brand. He told me that they were German made and were very good and I remember that too. Since then and just in the past year I talked to an older retired barber where I hunt at, who told me that he used a Dubl Duck "Wonder Edge" in his barber business. He told me that he had retired in 1999. I would assume his razor probably wasn't all that old.

I'm confused here?? Did I get inaccurate information from these gentlemen? Or was Dubl Duck still selling new razors in the 1970s? I've got a very good memory and I know that's what both of those guys told me. Because I distinctly remember that brand name. OK experts set me straight.