Thread: Dubl Duck Scales

Before you go to all the trouble, take a good look at the razor to see if there is any pitting on the blade.

Those scales are notorious for Cell Rot and probably why one scale is longer than the other, one has shrunken, a rot indicator. The wedge being larger than the scales is another.

May be time to re-scale and save the blade while you can. Also I would not store the razor with others, if it does go off, the gases can ruin others stored with it. Keep an eye on it.

10pups and others have posted tutorials on making replacements and transferring the bolsters and badges, in the Workshop Forum.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Before you go to all the trouble, take a good look at the razor to see if there is any pitting on the blade.

Those scales are notorious for Cell Rot and probably why one scale is longer than the other, one has shrunken, a rot indicator. The wedge being larger than the scales is another.

May be time to re-scale and save the blade while you can. Also I would not store the razor with others, if it does go off, the gases can ruin others stored with it. Keep an eye on it.

10pups and others have posted tutorials on making replacements and transferring the bolsters and badges, in the Workshop Forum.

Thanks for the timely advice. Interesting comment on shrinkage of the scales, that would certainly explain the skewed hinge pin. I thought it curious that a good razor like that would be so poorly pinned. There is no pitting in the blade and the steel looks really good. I would not have bought it had it been pitted. I always take a magnifier with me and look at the blade closely before I buy a razor (at least since I bought one with fine pitting all along the edge that was not visible to the naked eye). Live and learn. And I have plenty of learning to do with Straights even as an old dude! Thanks again!

Yes, often they can be saved if removed from the scales in time. Make a tracing of the scales and remove any bolsters or badging and get rid of the scales.