I'm a somewhat new se shaver who has been doing pretty well with the learnig curve thus far. I just picked up Bill's new restoration disk and have been looking through the recent eBay listings. What's the general opinion on the old Wade & Butcher bow razors that appear to be in good shape such as:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Wade-But...QQcmdZViewItem

My sharpening arsenal consistes of a 4k/8k Norton on order and a 4-sided pasted strop from Tony.

Another similar possibility is an old Wostenholm

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-CELEBRATED-W...QQcmdZViewItem


I'm thinking about picking up something like one of the above 2, and possibly if it turns out to be a good shaver, contacting Garythepenman for one of his nice wooden scales.

In the very short-term, my plan is to pick up some good "practice eBay specials" to try out various abrasive and polishing techniques from Bill's cd and learn the Norton when it arrives.