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11-26-2014, 09:07 PM #1Senior Member
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W&B “Commerce Strength & Unity”
Hot of the workbench is this Wade & Butcher “Commerce Strength & Unity” etched razor
The details:
Blade: A very big thanks to Tom for this beautiful blade,
it’s a W&B 13/16” Scalloped spined, Barbers notched with a “Commerce Strength & Unity” etching
Scales: the blade was received naked, so after a bit of deliberation I decided to try my hand with some bone blanks I have had for a while,
the blanks were 1” x 5/32” x 8” (from Robsbits of the bay)
the shape is freehand which I roughed out then ground to the final shape on my bench grinder.
Note: copped a bit of flack off SWMBO about the stink from doing that so not allowed to do that again I the garage, the dogs were loving it but LOL
I then proceeded to thin them down by sanding them from 180 grit to 2000 on my glass plate I use for lapping my hones until i liked the thickness, they came out at about 2.1mm (about 1/12”)
Wedge: the wedge is black Buffalo horn with Brass 10 thou” shim liners
Fixings: Brass pins & #0 wide washers stacked with Stainless #0 narrow washers
thrust washers are from brass 10 thou” shim also
It is now on the honing list with a Genco, to see if I can do it some more justice then I can compare it to my W&B scalloped “American Razor” 6/8” square point
hope you enjoy it as I sure do
again a really big thanks to Tom for the blade it is greatly appreciatedSaved,
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11-26-2014, 09:12 PM #2Senior Member
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Very well done, enjoy.
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11-26-2014, 09:14 PM #3There is no charge for Awesomeness
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Nice! I like the "commerce strength and unity". Do you know what that refers to? Sounds union-y to me, but the "commerce" bit maybe not so much.
In any event, nice razor and nice rescale.
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11-26-2014, 09:30 PM #4Senior Member
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not sure myself but maybe our US brother can shed some more light on what it is about & what era it actually comes from
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11-26-2014, 10:58 PM #5Member
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Gorgeous! That's awesome...
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11-27-2014, 01:49 AM #6Razor Vulture
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Nice work, Mate!
The old beast is heavy and worn, but wound up killer! Banners of England and United States.
Sez "Commerce and Strength United". I used to shave with that beast some!
Made the mistake of letting it show in a photo of something else. Naturally, it had to go down under! 2 layers of tape, now!
Last edited by sharptonn; 11-27-2014 at 02:23 AM.
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I rest my case.
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11-27-2014, 03:23 AM #7Senior Member
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will remember the 2 layers for it then thanks
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