Wade & Butcher, For Barbers Use 17/16

Gotta say, I like these so much better than the "Celebrated" ones. They are just cleaner and more sleek looking. AWESOME!

I saved the original washers on this one by drilling them out. Blade got some work... got new black horn scales -- a perfect match to the originals. I cleared the imperfections in the horn blank with the owner before I used them. I think it looks cool, and obviously doesn't affect stability of the horn.

Replaced the lead wedge with flawless pearly white cow bone

A pleasure to restore..and hopefully it will be a pleasure to hone later tonight...and I can only assume a pleasure to shave with tomorrow morning! :)


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drilled out:

http://www.adrian.edu/%7Ebmaggard/577.JPG


after:


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http://www.straightrazoredge.com/wp-...her-fbu-11.jpg

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You're doing some top rate work, Brad! That looks amazing.

Nice job Brad! That looks awesome! :bow

Just gorgeous! Your work is remarkable.I want it!

Hmmm.. must make a note of driving east a little bit and raiding someones shop during the cover of night.. :mace:

Great work as always.. if I ever find a monster WB I may have to send it your way for the work.

Amazing work. That's a beautiful razor!

That's great work. The washers were definitely worth saving. I see how you drilled them out, but I see there is still some of the mushroomed pin remaining, how do you go about safely popping them out after you've drilled them out?

Do you always use a 1/16th drill bit to drill the pins out or do you have to eyeball sometimes to look to see whether it's a bigger pin than 1/16th?

Nicely done Brad...

I like the bone with the horn, great idea...:)

Beautiful razor, superb craftsmanship.

Excellent work. That looks amazing!

Beautiful!!

I love how you preserved as much of the original as possible.

Nicely done!! Outstanding work with saving the original washers!

Awesome! Im slowly doing similar restorations with two Joseph Rodgers and two Greaves. Inspiring! (need a damn buffer here though!)

Awesome restore :tu

Awesome work!

The razor is totally Beautiful! :tu

Lu