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    Or the Rodgers or the Greaves you get the idea
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    This could turn ugly

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    They are nice razors, nothing special they don't do it for me much in the same way Filarmonica doesn't, I've owned some really nice versions of those two makers sold them on, I personally would place Wade & Butcher as a good solid honest piece of steel nothing more.
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    To me . . . that's all you can ask of a razor.
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    I think of steel in 2 ways : Brittle & Malleable

    Most vintage Sheffield razors are malleable which gives an unbeatable edge, sharp and soft at the same time.

    That's how I see it .. Just typing this has triggered my honing hormones

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    Seems we decided a long while back that the anchor on these had nothing to do with Birmingham.
    Lots of makers used it?
    A decoration to entice sailors, I seem to remember...

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    Whoever thought those scales were the way to go needs their tools taken away and given a time out...
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    Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...no need to be rude.
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    I do wonder what some of the owners/workers would think if they knew their goods were having such devoted followings a century later...

    And also reminds me of the anecdote I heard from a historian at the Cutlers Co. in Sheffield of workers making razors with an assortment of stamps in front of them for various firms and might stamp the same batch of razors with different "makers".

    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    Seems we decided a long while back that the anchor on these had nothing to do with Birmingham.
    Lots of makers used it?
    A decoration to entice sailors, I seem to remember...
    I don't think we've reached a definitive researched answer. The Birmingham bit probably comes from one of the city marks used to assay silver - Birmingham had an anchor and London a lion's head, for example (and I add that this was only for silver and did not translate to steel goods).
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