Thread: what would you do with this!

Straight Razor Wade Butcher for Barbers Use Very Wide 17 16" | eBay

what would you do with a cracked blade like that? can this be fixed?

Stay away. Don't see how that blade will end upp any good. Don't understand what thay bid on. the only thing worth something can be the scales and the box.

I wouldn't spend any money on a cracked blade like the but if I had it in hand I guess I'd have the part from heel to crack ground away to make it usable(maybe a regrind too to remove the wide bevel and honewear) and the scales look like they'd look great after a soak in neatsfoot and a light sand and buff.

Yea, you could probably cut the blade off at the crack and make a W&B soup spoon out of it. Kind of a cute description too "IF YOU LOOK CLOSE THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT LINE IN THE BLADE. AS YOU SEE IT CONDITION." A very subtle way of saying crack and that he said it was there.

Bob

For free only. Not worth it unless you want to hang it on the wall.

I can spend that kind of money on something else that won't have me stressed, like a big hunk of burl. That would make me smile.

It looks like you would lose 1/4 of the length, then have to regrind the transition to the spine to get something that didnt look like a home repair, but it would still have a fair bit of wear on the spine.

But on the bright side if you spent the money on that you wouldnt own 5 1/3 of these Wild Turkey Straight Razor PK 855 YL | eBay

thank you... I'm new to the hobby... still couldn't wrap my mind around why someone wanna bid on this...

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.