Wade & Butcher - Sheffield - Gentleman's Razor ~ Pauacrylic

Here's one that came from Norway and will be going back to Norway :D

It belongs to one of our members.

The W&B came with patina and some staining.

Instructions were very clear. Pauacrylic scales, transparent wedge and nickel silver/ss pins and washers. Keep the original design of the scales and clean her up as much as possible but preserving as much as possible of the blade's engraving.

Cleaned up extremely nice and those are really nice shavers too. Pics don't to this razor any justice.

Before and after pics.

Brand: W&B - Gentleman's razor
Grind: 1/4 to half hollow
Width: 5/8
Total weight: 1.8 Oz
Total cutting edge: 2.75 inches
Wedge: Transparent Acrylic
Pins/Washers: Nickel Silver/SS

Nice work Max,,,those scales have had quite the response from your admirers:rock:.

Max,

Another beauty!
I can't believe how tight you get with your macro focus - what kind of lens are you using?

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Originally Posted by Casey302

Max,

Another beauty!
I can't believe how tight you get with your macro focus - what kind of lens are you using?

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One of Nikon finest, AF Micro Nikkor 60 MM 1:2.8

You are the man Max! Very nice!

That explains it - I'm using an AF NIKKOR 35-75 . It only f's down to 1:3.3.
As if RAD wasn't enough, now I've got CAD...

Love it Max! That would obviously make any Norwegian proud to have. Gratulerer!

Wizard!!!!

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Originally Posted by Maximilian

One of Nikon finest, AF Micro Nikkor 60 MM 1:2.8

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I'll never get tired of looking at these shots. Great balance between restoring and refinishing. It's great to see the original etching in place. The owner has some great taste.

The 60mm Macro is a great lens. I used to own one back in the day but never really used it outside of portrait work. It was almost too sharp and really showed any flaws in the skin. I ended up selling that lens with most of my Nikon kit when I moved to Contax film cameras a few years ago. I did keep an F3 and 50mm. I couldn't bring myself to part with that for the price they were getting.

Well played, as always, Max.

"Pauacrylic" is a new material name to me. ;) I assume it's an iridescent shell cast in acrylic, no? Anything extra-fancy required for that process?

Nice job on the restoration.

I have the exact same razor. It was the first one I ever bought. Well, technically the second, since my first was in the mail to me at the time, but it was first to be in my care. I got it at an antique store for twenty bucks.

That one seems to have had a good portion of its edge honed or ground away, since it looks a lot more flat than mine, which kind of has a slight bow to it. Really nice blade. The jimps, the tented spine, the barber's notch... they're not too common among your average W&B's. I've seen plenty of other variations on the "Gentleman's Razor," but never anything like my own, so I wasn't expecting it to look anything like mine when I clicked this thread. I was surprised.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...n/d4d9d921.jpg

It's about time you took some before shots and posted them! :) I'm sure some norwegian is going to be very happy he has something beautiful to carefully snuggle up with on cold nights.

Red