Thread: Wade and Butcher

Yeah the bidding is very strange, I'd stay out of any auction with such activity.

Originally Posted by rhensley

Well folks I was wrong. that razor didn't go for more that 500.00 it actually went for 1125.00 DOLLARS my hats off to the guy that bought it. kind of makes me want to sell out and grow a beard . oh it's the one at the beginning of this post. Who knew

Why? What if somebody spends few thousand dollars on a razor, they could shave with it or not, it has no bearing on me.

I have a fairly large collection so I could chose to shave with a $20 razor or a $1000 one, or anything in between but I wouldn't let some silliness on ebay determine what I do in my bathroom
It's not a competitive sport for me, but rather a hobby that I enjoy and I intend to continue doing so

Originally Posted by gugi

Yeah the bidding is very strange, I'd stay out of any auction with such activity.



Why? What if somebody spends few thousand dollars on a razor, they could shave with it or not, it has no bearing on me.

I have a fairly large collection so I could chose to shave with a $20 razor or a $1000 one, or anything in between but I wouldn't let some silliness on ebay determine what I do in my bathroom
It's not a competitive sport for me, but rather a hobby that I enjoy and I intend to continue doing so

That's about the way I see I. tonight I bid and got a 5/8 wade and butcher I have been looking for a long time for but if it had gone any higher I would have kept looking.

The ones I've seen of yours Phrank are nicer than that one and it sold for over1100

Crazy. Tc

Originally Posted by rhensley

That's about the way I see I. tonight I bid and got a 5/8 wade and butcher I have been looking for a long time for but if it had gone any higher I would have kept looking.

I lost on a W&B tonight...had to drive, and would be on the road when the auction was ending, so put in an auto-bid that I thought was way higher than anyone would go....lost it by $5.00...but I've learned, there's always another...quite a nice blade though, congrats to whoever got it.

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

The ones I've seen of yours Phrank are nicer than that one and it sold for over1100

Crazy. Tc

Thanks! The market is, what the market is.

Here's a W&B I got awhile back, it had Camacho wooden cigar scales on it (still have the scales), didn't like them. Felt they didn't suit the W&B...anyhow, picked this blade up for BIN $70.00 a couple of months ago...had it re-scaled in black horn, just got the pics tonight, and this is it finished up:



Edited to add:

Found the pic of the WB when I first got it, check out the radical scales!

Personally, I'm pretty glad that there are so many folks fixated on Wade & Butcher razors. Apart from Wostenholms, they're the most common 19th century razors you can find in America.

That means the really interesting stuff flies under the radar.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

Personally, I'm pretty glad that there are so many folks fixated on Wade & Butcher razors. Apart from Wostenholms, they're the most common 19th century razors you can find in America.

That means the really interesting stuff flies under the radar.

Hahaha! Excellent...it's like Detente...you stay on your side, I'll stay on mine!

Ohh...and they're popular in Canada to....

Cheers!

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

Personally, I'm pretty glad that there are so many folks fixated on Wade & Butcher razors. Apart from Wostenholms, they're the most common 19th century razors you can find in America.

That means the really interesting stuff flies under the radar.

they don't fly under the radar but with me it's one fetish at a time.

you guys make me feel like I shouldn't have bought it, now I feel silly..........

Originally Posted by silverloaf

you guys make me feel like I shouldn't have bought it, now I feel silly..........

Don't feel bad. I'll dry up that big crocodile tear trudge on.