Wade & Butcher "Celebrated Damascus Steel" Ivory Scales

Here is a restore done for a forum member, the first of 4 that I have completed the other 3 just need scales, so pics are forthcoming...

This is a Wade & Butcher, Celebrated Damascus steel, which I restored & rescaled in authentic ivory. The great thing about the ivory is that it is nice and thick, as I used some old ivory letter openers that I found at an antique shop. Pins are nickel silver, spacer is black buffalo horn. I left a bit of "character" on the blade, as I thought it would make it look even more classy once scaled in the ivory. The ivory has a generous coating of renaissance wax, and has a nice shiny polish. The etching is very beautiful, and was preserved wholly. It reads, "Wade & Butcher, Celebrated Damascus Steel", along with the usual W&B arrow logo, and some neat vines. The last picture shows the lettering best. As always, forgive me for the shoddy pics, i'm working on it :-)

Maker: Wade & Butcher
Brand: Celebrated Damascus Steel
Grind: 1/4 Hollow, ~5/8
Scales: Authentic Ivory, nickel silver pics w/ SS washers, Black buffalo Horn Spacer

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Beautiful, elegant, and classic
thanks!

Nicely Done Matt !!!!!

Fantastic idea using the old letter openers :)

That looks really nice!! :tu

This razor screams to be held. There are many excellent razor restores pictured in the gallery, and you laid them all out on a table in front of me, this would be one of the first ones I'd pick up, just to look at it. Just my opinion, of course.:D

Well done, and nice photos!