Thread: Twin Duck

A couple weeks ago I got a beautiful Twin Duck in the mail. These were the first ducks I believe. Anyways. Pics to come. Bone handle, hammered+blacked tang, 4/8s SINGING hollow. I just wanted to comment on a few things I LOVE about this razor.

-Once I worked it out it took an absolutely KILLER edge off my Thury.

-I love the bone scales. I know for a fact that this is one of the first gen, and thereby oldest, ducks, and the hinge pin looks original, so these are original scales and they are not warped in the least. (same can be said of an ivory set I have on another) I'm really impressed with that. +1 for natural materials

-The grind brings a new meaning to singing hollow. Everything about it is loud and its quite the experience. She scrapes on the hone, purrs on linen, zings on leather, and makes that weird butter toast noise on my face.

-4/8s is SOOOOO underappreciated. They are quite stiff even at very hollow grinds, offer a lot more visibility and maneuverability. Sure they might be a little small for beginners but they are definitely just as good as the big boys I feel.

This is a terrible razor. Please send me all twin ducks you have right now for disposal.

PS: Now that I have mine I don't mind driving the prices up lol.

Here are the ebay stock pics I will get better ones soon. BTW- STOLE IT @ 20 bucks. It was almost NOS, no hone wear at all, no rust or tarnish, just a few scratches. WOW.

Congrats Karl, Looks like you have a real beauty on your hands. Great price too. Enjoy her!!

Karl, I have one too. I think it is a 5/8 but I am at work and it is at home so I can't say for sure. I will say that I too got a great edge and shave out of mine and it too has bone scales and a hammered tang. I don't know if it is the first of the ducks or not, thebigspendur might be able to confirm that.

I'm pretty sure it went Bresnick-Bresduck-Pearlduck, so I would assume it is quite old.

Originally Posted by khaos

I'm pretty sure it went Bresnick-Bresduck-Pearlduck, so I would assume it is quite old.

I'm pretty sure you are correct. I just don't know if the 'Hand Forged' was the first of the ducks was what I was saying.

I see what you are saying. I was guessing it is the oldest because I have/have had other bresnicks, (still have a SupreJ which looks like a clone of a Special #1... no ducks on it anywhere though) most of which had non-duck related names, so I assumed twin duck was a model name, and the rest evolved from there.

Originally Posted by khaos

I see what you are saying. I was guessing it is the oldest because I have/have had other bresnicks, (still have a SupreJ which looks like a clone of a Special #1... no ducks on it anywhere though) most of which had non-duck related names, so I assumed twin duck was a model name, and the rest evolved from there.

They are interesting to collect. I have seen .... and I think I have.... flying ducks, ducks that aren't stamped the same as the usual but I can't recall.... Puma ducks. Lots of variations and all great shavers. The two duck threads in the razor club forum show a lot of cool ducks.

i dont think handforged has anything to do with timeframe, seems to be mostly marketing. quite a few brands have these things with hammered tangs along with non hammered ones. when comparing directly i haven't noticed any difference in how they shave, just the looks.
i have twin duck with regular shank. same bresnick logo, but larger size. i should post a picture sometime

I have seen others (adoration, C-Mon, etc.) with the handforged stamp. I agree it is just marketing. My reasoning for this being the earliest is it says "Twin Duck" and no where does it say "Dubl Duck".