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07-07-2016, 01:36 AM #71Razor Vulture
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I may have typed 'A blade etch does not a regular, non-Phrank Rattler (
Originally Posted by Phrank
Oh yeah....I've got a W&B Rattler that says FBU, a typical #14 shaped W&B that has FBU, both stamped on the tang...along with one that looks exactly like the second pic you posted, no stabilizers as well that's stamped FBU...let alone the FBO's as well....
), Wade and Butcher hollow-ground FBU make' !
Indeed, the rattler Wade and Butcher FBU is a different animal and the second pic I posted is a wedge and has it stamped on the tang as well!
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07-07-2016, 01:47 AM #72Senior Member
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Want to assemble the etchings into a nice collage and add to the knowledge here? Originally Posted by Phrank
Oh yeah....I've got a W&B Rattler that says FBU, a typical #14 shaped W&B that has FBU, both stamped on the tang...along with one that looks exactly like the second pic you posted, no stabilizers as well that's stamped FBU...let alone the FBO's as well....
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07-07-2016, 02:15 AM #73barba crescit caput nescit
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I don't have the photo editing skills, but darn, maybe it's time I learned, how hard could it be to learn, "Snipping Tool".... Originally Posted by ScienceGuy
I'll have to hunt down some FBO pics, one of those I do not possess.....yet.
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07-07-2016, 02:16 AM #74Senior Member
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Not sure is this really contributes much of anything to the thread, but here are three that I used to own. Top is the usual FBU stamp, center the somewhat unusual For Barbers Only, and bottom one with the Celebrated FBU etch (not in the photo) but you can see that tang stamp clearly ;
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07-07-2016, 02:30 AM #75barba crescit caput nescit
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Here's a different W&B FBU then....
A W&B 9/8 without the stabilizers...
And this spike point 8/8 with the FBU on the tang...B&M soap not included:
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07-07-2016, 02:34 AM #76Razor Vulture
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Nice, Phrank!
You can bet that last one is reground/reshaped from a Wedge FBU such as the 2nd pic!"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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07-07-2016, 02:43 AM #77barba crescit caput nescit
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Oh yeah...it was a wedge, noo doot aboot it, it was superbly reground into a hollow, it is as hollow as a Fili #14....this razor always makes me chuckle thinking it must be the Great, Great Grandfather of all the big hollows. I can say, for a beat up beast that it is, it gives one of the nicest, closest, smoothest shaves of most of the razor's I've ever used. Originally Posted by sharptonn
Nice, Phrank!
You can bet that last one is reground/reshaped from a Wedge FBU such as the 2nd pic!
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07-07-2016, 03:13 AM #78Razor Vulture
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Imagine a grinder back then being tasked with making an old beast into a 'modern' razor!
I love the 'aftermarket' work from the old days as much as the originals.
Sometimes more!
Waterville of Connecticut got in on the blade-etch action as well...In an even thinner way.
..Way back when!
It's all historical!
Modern-day fakes................Notsomuch...Last edited by sharptonn; 07-07-2016 at 03:35 AM.
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07-07-2016, 11:34 AM #79barba crescit caput nescit
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Yes, I also have a Frederick Reynolds 9/8, with the same "action etching" of, The Celebrated, Hollow Ground Razor, For Barber's Use, on the blade face. It's not an etching type stamp, seems like one of the lighter quick film type etching, I have a few razors with this lighter type etching...here's one of the only photo's I have that you can somewhat see the etching, followed by another pic of the razor, you have to look really close to even see it's remnants: Originally Posted by sharptonn
Imagine a grinder back then being tasked with making an old beast into a 'modern' razor!
I love the 'aftermarket' work from the old days as much as the originals.
Sometimes more!
Waterville of Connecticut got in on the blade-etch action as well...In an even thinner way.
..Way back when!
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It's all historical!
Modern-day fakes................Notsomuch...
Pic No. #2
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07-07-2016, 06:25 PM #80Member
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Lengthy in this situation was much appreciated! Thank you for taking the time to write this. You did an excellent job of building and supporting your case and pointing out the minute differences to where even a novice such as myself could tell. +1 that this thread should be in the SRP wiki. Originally Posted by ScienceGuy
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