Thread: Someone buy this Wade and Butcher

If anyone is interested in this one grab it.. I've got a bid in on another razor or I would go for it. Wade and Butcher

Darnet the site didn't pop up

something is wrong with the link.

Try this one...

Lost the other, bidding on this one myself.

I saw this one and passed on it when I realized how much I've spent on str8s over the past 30 days or so.



Well, actually

Looks like a nice one too.

Is the edge supposed to curve upward like that at the toe? That looks like a challenge to strop as-is

best I can tell it has a smile, but someitmes ebay pics can look like one thing and be another. Sort of an optical illusion.

From the pics, it doesn't look in that great a shape. Nice little chip to the edge too.

It is often difficult to tell the condition of the blade from a photo and if the seller isn't knowledgeable, you just get a fair description. You take a gamble that you might get a bargain for a blade with a well-sought after maker.

I bought several eBay razors recently and, so far, many/most of the blades are real stinkers in terms of usability.

I bought three WBs and one looks like a railroad spike (admittedly it looked questionable in the photo, it was one of several in a group). The other has so much hone wear, I'll be very lucky if I get a 4/8 out of it.

Thus is the excitement of the 'Bay.

Anyhow, there is NO substitute for buying in person, IMO.

I almost hate to experiment or practice on a piece of steel with an otherwise good name but what else can you do with a blade that is too narrow to be honed or has so much strop wear you can't tell where the spine ends and the blade begins?

I guess you could start a new ebay sensation selling unique 3/8 shavers: "Fine detailed work for the distinguished gentleman."


Hmmm... Anyone want to hone my railroad spike?