Thread: what would you do with this!

Originally Posted by Obie

Sergeant,

The name Wade & Butcher will make people do strange things. It's the perfect example of hype and fashion. There are razors from the same era that are just as good and if not better than Wade & Butcher, but for various reasons the name promotes tunnel vision.

Don't get me wrong. I have a pair of matching Wade & Butchers in ivory and love them. I have had others and loved them, too. Yet, I have had other Sheffield razors as well — Frederick Finney, Frederick Reynolds, George Packwood, and so on — that also have been gilded razors, although somewhat overshadowed by Wade & Butcher. That's reality.

Why anyone would bid on this particular blade comes in two answers: 1) The buyer is a master restorer and, perhaps, has a magical way of making a new razor out of it, and 2) the bidder knows nothing about straight razors and is bidding on the strength of the name.

Seeing the razor, I frown, scratch my head and shuffle away to a better neighborhood.

Indeed, or they just want a thing to have and not use.

I saw that one and as soon as the crack became apparent I left it on the table for some poor sucker to snatch up. Obie, I don't think even a master restorer would touch that one for the price it went for, the blade is worthless and it would only be good for salvaging the scales and washers.

guitstick,

Right you are, unless, as I noted, the restorer has magical powers. Even so, I think he needs magic powers on steroids to do something with that blade. Oy! Upon examining the photo further, the crack in the blade is even longer and more severe that I first thought. Obviously, someone bought the beast, and for that price.

A while back, an antique store owner try to sell me a Sheffield razor for a considerable sum — with half the blade broken off. "You are joking," I said. "This thing's worthless for shaving." He shrugged and said, "It's an antique and and you can put it on display in your house."

Touche. I give up.

There can be a fine line between Antique and Junk. There are dealers that will put anything in their display case with the moniker "Antique" on it even tho it is "Junk" and then there are those that will buy that "Junk" because it is "Antique" in their minds. My wife on the other hand says that all of my "Antiques" are "Junk"

That big old cracked puppy would be GREAT for a center clanger in a set of razor wind chimes! Just saying

Or the clock I am going to make someday

I'd whip out my atomic hydrogen torch and then my deck sander and I'd have that looking and shaving like new in a Jiffy.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Or the clock I am going to make someday

Oh yeah....the clock!

Ohh man these are some serious clocks

I've seen a couple of dogs like this and written to the seller hoping he would or rather have to post the question....apparently they do not.....to bad. I'm not in favor of taking advantage of the low information buyer...I've been one and have some compassion for them.