Ready for another hundred years

**sharptonn** · 07-07-2011, 12:28 AM

My complements to all of the fine work and talent represented here!

Here is a "stocker", an old Wade and Butcher "Celebrated" with a peaked spine.
You know the feeling. You buy a bad picture on the fleabay and when it comes parcel post, in an envelope, wrapped in a paper towel, you open it and say: sheeeeeit!
I finally got around to it and can say with most certainty that it was mostly unused. No spacers and a bent factory pin! Worked 8 hours on it and am ready to hone it and take this puppy home! I did a light 600 greaseless on the spine and reverse tang, to remove some pitting, and polished it. The double collars kept sinking into the Bakelite, so it was unpinned and a 3rd collar added, along with some thin brass spacers, which worked nicely. Super tight! A fine old Celebrated resto! For me, anyway! I bet it hones up easy! Thx

**mainaman** · 07-07-2011, 12:29 AM

This one came out great, enjoy.

**paco664** · 07-07-2011, 12:32 AM

nice work!!!

**dirtychrome** · 07-07-2011, 01:47 AM

Man that looks great. Seems like it would feel so solid, and predictable in hand. Anticipation must drive you crazy to want to use it, certain to be a nice shaver.

**whavens** · 07-07-2011, 02:01 AM

How can you go wrong starting with a W & B. Great job. If I had to get rid of most of my razors I'd keep more of my W & Bs than anything.

**Krodor** · 07-07-2011, 02:19 AM

Sweeeeet! Beautiful stuff.

**deighaingeal** · 07-07-2011, 03:03 AM

Very nice. I really like it. Let us know how it hones up.

**onimaru55** · 07-07-2011, 03:16 AM

Like what you did with that. Nice original restore. Always a bonus when they got no hone wear too ! Lucky you

**BladeRunner001** · 07-07-2011, 04:12 AM

Tom...You big tease

. I remember this one. She came out awesome my friend. Congrats

**Str8Raz0r** · 07-07-2011, 05:14 AM

Great restore. I like that you have been able to retain almost all of the original parts. Looks really nice, I'm a big fan of the peaked spine.

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