Thread: The Duck has landed

Had a package waiting for me today and inside was the Dubl Duck Wonderedge I recently bought.


I'll be completely honest in that I still know very little nothing about straight razors really and that what compelled me to buy this was that I had read positive things about it, that the price was very fair and because...well...I really like how it looks.


Having said that I do of course also hope that it can be a good shaver.


The issue/challenge
This is however far from a mint/nos razor and comes with some challenges.
What's important is if they can be overcome.


Big challenge:
There is a 'frown' (is that the correct term) along the blade as can be seen in some of the photos below and I'd love to know if it's something that can be remedied without loosing too much of the blade width.


Maybe I can claim it to be a manufacturer defect as the nice, original box that it came in has a lifetime warranty


Small challenge:
Purely cosmetic.
The metal parts on the scales are a bit darkened and I wonder if that can be cleaned up as well or if it's a permanent luster-loss).


Next steps if it is deemed salvageable is to have it honed and cleaned up.


Btw, does anyone know around what years this razor was manufactured?


Anyway, some obligatory pictures.


Luckily no cracks or chips off the scales.
The blade looks a tad dark but apart from the slight 'frown' it doesn't seem to be in too bad of a state?



"Frowning?":



Duckies on one side....



...and duckies on the other....



...duckies everywhere.





It did come with the original, old box which was nice: