Thread: wade & butcher resale value!!! And funny story

Originally Posted by Hirlau

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Originally Posted by Hirlau

*****Rare*****
Wade & Butcher straight razor; this razor dates back to the 1830's when it was first used by one of my Grandfathers,,, it made it's way to me. Shaves with the smoothness of an Angel's wing,,,

It's rare to me because its the only Wade & Butcher in our family's history and I wouldn't take $10,000 for it.

Enjoy Pithor,,,,

Ah, semantics, jippee!

I have always been a bit envious of people who have heirloom shaving paraphernalia.

That's why you have to hunt them in the wild. I've found two. $30 for the one on top and $6 for the bottom one. I'll probably sell the top one once restored as it should finance many new toys. The bottom ones a keeper though. I've fallen in love with the spine.

Originally Posted by notitfortat

That's why you have to hunt them in the wild. I've found two. $30 for the one on top and $6 for the bottom one. I'll probably sell the top one once restored as it should finance many new toys. The bottom ones a keeper though. I've fallen in love with the spine.

It's a shame the heel was over honed, but still a nice piece of steel.

Originally Posted by prodigy

It's a shame the heel was over honed, but still a nice piece of steel.

A damn shame indeed. It'll have to lose a bit of meat to straighten it out but it should still be a looker.

Originally Posted by notitfortat

A damn shame indeed. It'll have to lose a bit of meat to straighten it out but it should still be a looker.

That geometry is very odd and most certainly not the typical 'overhoning the heel' result. There is no significant hone wear on the spine, the lines are crisp and the surfaces do not show sanding/buffing work.
The coloring is a bit strange, but it may be your lighting.

If I'm to venture a guess I'd say there was a damage to the edge and somebody removed the steel to clear it, but clearly did not intend to make a shaving tool out of it.

Originally Posted by JOB15

My brother recently purchased this for £120 which is mega cheap. From USA .
He told me it was a near wedge. Maybe it started off as a full wedge?
Those scales wont do.


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It seems to me he paid way too much for such amateurish work - see how all the lines are rounded from the overzealous grinding and buffing. I'd also bet money that it was ~1/4" wider when it was produced.

BTW, there are no 'full wedge' razors, except may be some very early 'knives' that were used for shaving. Full wedge geometry requires a shim along the spine for honing, like the framebacks, which again brings it to an effective hollowed out geometry.

Well this W&B FBU sold for little money:
http://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/301727994126

And here's one that sold yesterday for considerably more:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...alID=EBAY-ENCA

Originally Posted by gugi

It seems to me he paid way too much for such amateurish work - see how all the lines are rounded from the overzealous grinding and buffing. I'd also bet money that it was ~1/4" wider when it was produced.

BTW, there are no 'full wedge' razors, except may be some very early 'knives' that were used for shaving. Full wedge geometry requires a shim along the spine for honing, like the framebacks, which again brings it to an effective hollowed out geometry.

Interesting. I wont tell my bro what you said. I'll e mail him your reply. You can be the barer of bad news haha..
Don't know what I'm laughing at, I'll have to hone it for him.