Thread: 6/8 Spike Wilbert Cutlery Chicago in Lacewood

This is Wilbert Cutlery 6/8 spike razor. Never heard of them, but sometimes these are the biggest surprises. I have a few vintage US made razors and every one of them shaves as good as or better than a Dovo, and this is no exception. The blade has minor hone ware and was relatively clear of any staining. I gave it a few passes on the buffer to put some shine on it. I decided to put it in a set of lacewood scales with the usual gloss epoxy resin finish. I also used a lacewood wedge to round out the package. I pinned it with 1/16 brass rod stock with brass over stainless washers.

I honed it up, gave it 30 passes on the chromium oxide strop and then leather. I had an idea this was going to be a good shaver when I was honing it. I could feel the steel getting slick as the bevel set and I started working up through the grits. I was correct, it shaves very nice and looks good as well