'Real Old' Wade & Butcher Stub-Tail ca. 1818-?

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Originally Posted by Martin103

Sounds like a New Year resolution to me! Great collection by the way!

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:tu Thanks Martin!

Everybody coming to the meet in 2 weeks bring your anvils and ball peens :<0)

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Originally Posted by 10Pups

Everybody coming to the meet in 2 weeks bring your anvils and ball peens :<0)

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You're a 'Funny' guy Pups.... :cen

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Originally Posted by Wolfpack34

Hey Zak! Here's a shot of the tang and the stamp. I think you can see that most likely there was never a 'trademark stamp' on the tang....

And you are right about the 'primitiveness' of the 'W&B' stamping.

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Yeah, most likely never was anything else on the tang... Though it really does look to me like the tang was reground. I'd bet it was a bit wider, originally.

I've seen one other like yours (and it's a lot like yours, identical stamp, size and blade shape, but different scales).

... I'll definitely be bringing some brass & ni/cu rod, the annealing torch and my hammers to the SoCal meetup. Gotta take care of some of your backlog. ;)

Awesome looking razor!!

Ray

Just the history behind this razor makes it awesome! Just think that that razor is almost as old as the United States!

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Originally Posted by TheReaper

Just the history behind this razor makes it awesome! Just think that that razor is almost as old as the United States!

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In my mind your absolutely right...the history behind collecting these old razors is what is most interesting. I love that fact that I can shave with a razor that someone else used almost 200 years ago. I always wonder: what was his life like? What did he care about? What did he do for a living? Was this razor passed down father to son for generations? So many interesting questions... Fascinating!

WP34

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Originally Posted by Wolfpack34

In my mind your absolutely right...the history behind collecting these old razors is what is most interesting. I love that fact that I can shave with a razor that someone else used almost 200 years ago. I always wonder: what was his life like? What did he care about? What did he do for a living? Was this razor passed down father to son for generations? So many interesting questions... Fascinating!

WP34

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I totally agree with you...

Dang are you and Traveller buddies? Nice.

Darren

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Originally Posted by vgod

Dang are you and Traveller buddies? Nice.

Darren

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Traveller? I am not sure who he is?