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    Default Wade and Butcher Fine India "Gentleman's set"

    Super posts from ALL on here I have had these blades for a while, so I decided to create a W@B "Gentleman's set".
    Everyone is truly enamored with the big 8/8ths blades! They are nice and good shavers, to be shure. I am also a fan of them. I am, however, of the leaning that they were ment to shave another, as in a barber. The old company made a lot of smaller stuff for men to shave themselves, IMHO.They shave awesomely! These 2 are such items.the larger one is 11/16 and the smaller one is 4/8.
    Fine India Steel makes me think of vintage ivory! It just does! I decided to put my newfound knowledge of pinning ivory collarless to work to build this pair. Wider wedges were found. The smaller one came in Ivory, but it was broken. The skinny, super-long scales were from a razor which was with a broken blade and they had to be shortened.. The scales for the larger one were also found with a broken blade. The pics will tell the story. I used bronze to pin them as I liked the contrast. What a lot of work! This will be my last post for a long while. Someone be a nut for me! Great brotherhood here ! Tom .................................................. .......................get it on....................
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    Excellent work Tom! Those turned out fantastic and the pics along the way are much appreciated. Way to go!

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    I don't know if the larger blades were only meant for shaving others but I too appreciate the maneuverability of the smaller blades. Your Fine India Gentleman's set is beautiful. You did a stellar job on the pinning/restoring.
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    Nice job Tom. Good to see some mini choppers
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    Stunning set Tom, I really like these two.

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    What fantastic job you have done on those razors Tom, you should be as proud as punch over those two.

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    Great job Tom!
    Very nice razors. I love old Sheffield.

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    Those look great. I love the old Sheffields myself and that set is incredible. Hurry back.

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    It is indeed beautiful work. Somebody has to do it! One of them is the type we see marked Superior Concave and Anglo-Saxon Concave, which arguably isn't truly hollow-ground at all, since the blade appears to have been ground in line with the moving wheel. It probably preceded small-radius, deeply hollow razors, and I can't see why it would work any worse.

    I don't know about used to shave someone else, although with the very wide wedges (which seem to have an attraction on the market explicable only by being bigger), a finger and thumb to the nose would undoubtedly help. My guess is that they were often used in conjunction with a razor of about 4/8, which would be much easier to use under any nose as usually constituted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    I don't know if the larger blades were only meant for shaving others
    Quote Originally Posted by Caledonian View Post
    I don't know about used to shave someone else

    Easy, "Big Guys"! I meant in general, for the most part, as in "Barber's Use" ! Besides, I need a good long time to shave with an incher! A 5/8 screams like a DE! JMHO! Thanks and I see what you mean!




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    Last edited by sharptonn; 07-16-2011 at 02:53 AM.
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    I rest my case.

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