Dubl Duck advice needed

[OhMeWhiskers]

This is my first post in the straight guys section...

Other than seeing the great shots in the SOTD threads, I am near clueless when it comes to straights. About all I really know about them is that Dubl Ducks are quite well-liked here by B&B members. With that said, I know it is just a matter of time before I get into straights, so...

I visited my local antique store today and I was extremely surprised to see that they had a Dubl Duck Satinedge straight (actually, as I think back, it possibly could have been a Goldedge). The scales looked great, at least from my virgin eyes, but when I opened it up there was a front-tooth-sized chunk missing from the blade. So, I have to believe the blade is garbage, but are the scales of any value? I mean once I get into straights am I going to be kicking myself that I did not pick this Satinedge up so that I could use the scales in a restore project? What would the price point be to make this purchase worth it?

Well, any advice to this noob straight man will be appreciated.

 

[hig789]

Unless the chunk is at the end of the blade it is doomed. The scales are only worth something if someone needs them to keep a restore original. If the chunk isn't too big it can be made into a shorty but the way it sounds it's a healthy sized chip so its probably no good.

 

[mdunn]

Yeah, the scales are not worth much alone, unless you have a duck with trashed scales. It you can pick it up for a buck or so do it, but I wouldn't pay any more

 

[GreekGuy]

I picked up a satin edge with a chip at the toe and had a member grind down the blade. Its a little short, but for $5 it was worth it.

A pic would help, but a good rule of thumb if you don't know what you're doing is to avoid anything with chips, or even more so, chunks missing

 

[OhMeWhiskers]

Thanks for the help guys.

Yeah, I was fairly certain it was beyond any kind of hope. Now I can rest assured and stop thinking about going back tomorrow. Scale-wise it sure is a beaut though.

 

[Legion]

Depends how cheap you can get it for. Goldedge and satinedge scales are prone to warping, so if they are straight I would grab them for $20 or less. Someone might make use of them for that.

 

[shakin_jake]

my curiosity is piqued...waht do they want for this razor? if the price isn't too dear and you're in the neighborhood of this shop and can take a pic, maybe somerone here could use the schales...DAMHIK=

I have a 6/8 Goldedge that could use better schales and would love to go w/originals ...if the price is right


Best,


Jake
Reddick Fla.

 

[Krodor]

I've got a Satinwedge and a Satinedge. The Satinwedge blade is nice (or could be made so, ccant quite remember its exact state) but the scales are not good...I bought it to rescale in the future. If you would like, maybe we could work a deal. You buy my blade and that bad-bladed one, then you learn some peening / initial restore action with it? Once reassembled, I'll hone it for free and send it back. We'd have to check sizes and whatnot, but that would be fun.

Given the responses already, it looks like next steps involve some photos and thinking what you'd like to do...ahhh..options!

 

[Doc226]

This is my first post in the straight guys section...

Can't speak for everyone else-but I'm straight-Not that there is anything wrong with that

I agree with the others, get it if its cheap or the missing part is right at the toe. it will have to be shortened and new scales mode for it. I don't like the look of short blade with long scales.

If the chip is like this one most definitely get it

You can shorten it

 

[Raithskar]

Can't speak for everyone else-but I'm straight

(Facepalm) Oh Al.


About the razor I agree with everyone else. Get it if it's cheap.

 

[Jporco]

Other than hacking/grinding off the end you could round out the blade if the chip is at the toe. I have done this on a few and it works well. If the price is right, I would get the straight just for the scales. You never know when you might find that great blade with broken scales. I picked up a Puma for $20 with great blade but broken scales...just a matter of time before I find a broken blade and great scales to work the transplant.

 

[OhMeWhiskers]

After my last post - and prior to reading the remaining posts - as I hit the hay I thought I should just buy it and I can put it on BST for cost and that way a fellow member could grab it if they need it. If it was not needed (and/or not worth the price) then I could just keep it for my own future restore (once I get the time and actually start to get into straights). So, in that latter scenario I might indeed take Krodor up on his offer.

The price the antique shop is asking for is $20. It looks nice to me - the scales that is - but as I said, my lack of experience with straights means that I do not know what to look for exactly - kind of like a noob DE guy that does not know to look for the hairline crack on the older Gillettes.

So, I am going to head down and pick it up in a couple of hours. (After all of this, it probably has been sold!)

Oh, and by the way, it feels pretty neat to be a straight guy. Not that there is anything wrong with being non-straight...