Thread: New to Me Dubl Duck Lifetime Grim Reaper

Thanks guys, I really enjoy having it.

What a beautiful and hard to find razor! Congratulations too on the restoration!

Before registering to SRP I didn't know that the ducks have this cult-like status in the U.S.

I started straight razor shaving last month.
I told my cousin to keep his eye out for older blades and he told his barber who gave him a 'reaper' to give to me.

However, the mark on the tang is different from the others I seen on the forums.



Notice that the outside diamond is a single line and the there is no relief and shading inside.

Any ideas why mine is different?
Maybe mine is an earlier or later model?

I am very jealous. That is a beautiful blade. Enjoy!

As above, beautiful razor there. I don't go for expensive razors myself but if I was ever to splash out on one it would be a DD! What a bonus to have a barber pass one on, it's got a real pedegree behind it. I've never even seen a Dubl Duck in the UK but hope to own one someday.

Wow, that is beautiful!

That's a beautiful razor

Originally Posted by TromNek

I started straight razor shaving last month.
I told my cousin to keep his eye out for older blades and he told his barber who gave him a 'reaper' to give to me.

However, the mark on the tang is different from the others I seen on the forums.



Notice that the outside diamond is a single line and the there is no relief and shading inside.

Any ideas why mine is different?
Maybe mine is an earlier or later model?

Just a different die. You see much variation over time with the logos.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

That is a really nice one. I'm not sure how far back they go but it is rare to find one in that condition if you can find one at all. One thing that I've always been curious about, since the first time I ever saw a 'Lifetime,' is who and why they thought of the Reaper design ? What on odd thing to put on a "cut throat" razor. Different sense of marketing back then apparently.

Maybe because the razor would last you the rest of your life? Until you meet the reaper?

Michael

Originally Posted by Sasquatch

As above, beautiful razor there. I don't go for expensive razors myself but if I was ever to splash out on one it would be a DD! What a bonus to have a barber pass one on, it's got a real pedegree behind it. I've never even seen a Dubl Duck in the UK but hope to own one someday.

I'm not in North America either, albeit I am Canadian - the DD had to travel 13,000 KM to get to me down here in New Zealand. I think it's pretty safe to say that this is one of a handful, if not the only one in the country (:



On a slightly related side note, I did pick up 2 new razors today! I scored 2 Bengall barber razors with celluloid tortoise scales, in the original wooden case for $50 today! The box is in pretty sorry shape, but the razors are definitely fixable! I'll throw some pictures up tomorrow.