Thread: Can a Duck be a Unicorn?

Second Unicorn Find

Pick up this Double Duck Satin Wedge, with no cell rot, at a local Antique swap meet this weekend for $10. And with a nice SRD box.

It will be coming apart to clean up the pivot and polish the insides of the scales. The blade has almost no hone ware on the spine.

Ducks are shavers, but I rarely find them without cell rot. I did find the first Unicorn a few months back, but I had to pay $20 for a Double Duck Dwarf in the original butter scotch scales. I just cleaned it up and may take it apart to clean the pivot, but until then it is a super shaver. I like the short blade.

I will post some pics once the Satin Wedge is cleaned up, I am bad about taking pics, usually just jump in. I have a few Ducks, but am very picky because of cell rot. I will buy them for just the bolsters if rotted, and the price is right, but most sellers think any Duck is a Unicorn.

That is a swell find indeed.As i understand it the clear ones are especially prone to rot. From what i've read the quality control on the celluloid recipe was lax and a lot depends on how it was stored so one might get lucky and find one that may never rot.(i have a goldedge with no signs of rot yet). Still keep a eye on it just in case though.

Not a day goes by I dont regret selling my unicorn SatinWedge. 10pups, I hope your enjoying that thing!

Dang, only satin (or gold) edges I found in shops were really rough. One had bad cell rot $40 and the other had a severely chipped blade for like $80+.

I had a Satin Wedge, a fantastic response to the older (much older) 5/8 wedges and one I enjoyed immensely, passed it on many moons ago as I have a pre-1891 W&B 5/8 wedge that is my go to for smaller wedges.

But great find in that condition, hang on to it...always regret them after you sell them....:-)

Here's an old SOTD with mine....(that's Tuf-Glide on the blade face)

She cleaned up nice, satin finished the blade and tang, bright finish on the spine and top of the tail. I made domed collars just a bit larger to try to hide crushed celluloid where the old collars bit into the scales. Every defect is magnified by the clear scales.

Scales cleaned up nicely, after hand sanding and buffing.

I made clear thrust washers from a clear water bottle tough PETE plastic. The brass thrust washers once tarnished are distracting with clear scales.

I will post a thread in the Workshop forum on how I did it, it worked out well and is easy to do, great for clear or trans lucent scales. You can even see the dark spots on the pivot of the Double Duck Dwarf from the original brass thrust washers. I will use the clear PETE thrust washers when I take it apart, as I want to re-use the original Butterscotch scales.

Honed up a treat and is a stellar shaver.

great idea on the clear thrust washers? turned out beautiful!