Thread: Unusual Wade & Butcher

I don't want to start a "Blood Bath / Bidding War" but this looks very distinctive to me.
Has anyone seen a razor like this before ?

LINK: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ANTIQUE-W...370965885769?p

Originally Posted by bongo

I don't want to start a "Blood Bath / Bidding War" but this looks very distinctive to me.
Has anyone seen a razor like this before ?

LINK: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ANTIQUE-W...370965885769?p

The blade? Yes - I have one very similar and it's a great shaver.

Not the scales though. Looks like bone to my decidedly non-expert eye ( ) and as for the decoration, there's some home-cookin' going on there, methinks. I usually don't like painted or otherwise decorated scales, but I kind of like that.

BTW anyone thinking of bidding - there are chips there that you'd have to deal with.

It's not a terribly uncommon blade. It's nice, the scales are nice and possibly 'natural' ... But it's far from rare. I've seen at least a dozen go in the last year alone. Unusual though- nah. It's shoulderless hollow ground and late in production. Nice yes, unusual.... Not so much. Bidding war- you never know.

Edit- after closer look the scales look bone

Originally Posted by JoeLowett

It's not a terribly uncommon blade. It's nice, the scales are nice and possibly 'natural' ... But it's far from rare. I've seen at least a dozen go in the last year alone. Unusual though- nah. It's shoulderless hollow ground and late in production. Nice yes, unusual.... Not so much. Bidding war- you never know.

Edit- after closer look the scales look bone

Joe,

Thanks for this info, I'm still learning about one of my favourite maufacturers !!

Just checked and I have a W&B with the identical blade in a set of black scales with white wedge. Can't be sure if the scales are original or not but it is a fine shaver.

Bob

Originally Posted by Cangooner

The blade? Yes - I have one very similar and it's a great shaver.

Not the scales though. Looks like bone to my decidedly non-expert eye ( ) and as for the decoration, there's some home-cookin' going on there, methinks. I usually don't like painted or otherwise decorated scales, but I kind of like that.

BTW anyone thinking of bidding - there are chips there that you'd have to deal with.

Cangooner,

Thank You for this reply, I'm learning a lot from you guys

Originally Posted by BobH

Just checked and I have a W&B with the identical blade in a set of black scales with white wedge. Can't be sure if the scales are original or not but it is a fine shaver.

Bob

Thank You Bob,

I go a bit "GAGA" when I see a W and B that I haven't seen before ....I'll always be a newbie at heart, and loving it !!

Originally Posted by bongo

Thank You Bob,

I go a bit "GAGA" when I see a W and B that I haven't seen before ....I'll always be a newbie at heart, and loving it !!

Yea, know that feeling too alright.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Just checked and I have a W&B with the identical blade in a set of black scales with white wedge. Can't be sure if the scales are original or not but it is a fine shaver.

Bob

Mine was actually the first blade I made scales for, and that's back a few years now, so I have *no* idea what the originals were like.

Originally Posted by BobH

Yea, know that feeling too alright.

Bob

Ha ha! You guys are definitely not alone!