Thread: The Butcher Shop

Originally Posted by razormo

Great Straight Razor´s and work Mike.My favourite is the one with bone scales and the special Tang.In Germany we say"Platterlmesser"about those Razor´s.Nice Sunday from Germany.

Thanks razormo. That one with ivory tang is my most recent Wade restoration. Was a very lengthy restore but I am really happy with the the resulting razor..

Just got this back from Glen (gssixgun). He did a phenomenal job as expected. Buffed up the scales and blade and honed up on chosera 1-5-10 and Belgian yellow. Looks great and I can't wait to take it for a spin in the morning. Thanks to glen for excellent service and finished product. Sorry for poor cell phone pic, doesn't do it justice.

Hi folks,

I'd like to share with you some pictures of my latest acquisition :











According to the seller he had bought it two years ago in England and he had only sharpened it and restored the scales.

It's a massive razor with a 7/8 blade (7.5 mm thick spine!), a Spanish point, hollow grind (with "HOLLOW GROUND RAZOR" etching) and broad stabilizer. The tang itself is almost 5/8 wide . The scales are simple and quite narrow and straight. The tang is only stamped with "Manufactured by Wade & Butcher Sheffield", no other markings (e.g. "England" or reference to any regent).

To be honest, I've never come across such a W&B despite browsing through the web and, in particular, through this whole thread.

Would any of you have an idea about it's age or any other background information?

Cheers
Jörg

The thickness for that size is similar to the FBU razors.
Could it be a regrind and etch?? From an old wedge
If the scales are original they look like pan older model?

Here is a Wade & Butcher I restored a while back. Hawaiian Koa scales, shoulderless. 5/8. Lovey shaver.





And another that was in much worse shape. Rescaled in maple.

From a blade only sale in the Classifieds from awhile ago, finally got some clothes on this one.

W&B, Celebrated FBU

Nice Andrew! Here's one I picked up about three weeks ago when I saw it for $150 BIN. I didn't hesitate, I grabbed it before someone else would. The listing said it was 1" Wide & he wasn't lying.



The seller didn't know what he had & he must have just listed it when I grabbed it.

Originally Posted by engine46

Nice Andrew! Here's one I picked up about three weeks ago when I saw it for $150 BIN. I didn't hesitate, I grabbed it before someone else would. The listing said it was 1" Wide & he wasn't lying.



The seller didn't know what he had & he must have just listed it when I grabbed it.

$150 for that puppy! Wow! Looks almost unused to my eye....

Now that's one of the nicest scores I've seen in a long time....just goes to show you, the deals are still out there, makes me miss my day's of hunting on eBay....that was a bulls-eye in a big way...congrats!

Thanks Andrew. Yeah, the deals are still out there but not like they used to be but their out there.

Hello all!

Thought I'd post with some pictures of my first W&B razor I picked up by happenstance earlier today. My gf has been sending me postings of SR's from the bay and other "Used item" sites recently, with nothing special really popping up. So out of the blue I decided to make a trip to an antique store about 5 blocks from my house that I had yet to be to as they have very odd hours of operation. So I called them up, and they were open, and very politely told me that indeed they did have some SR's on hand. So I popped into the car and headed right over. They showed me their smallish collection and advised me that they had literally just picked up two razors that morning that they were in the process of "cleaning". One of those razors happened to be the W&B that I now own, having spent $40 Canadian (or about $25 US) on. It came with the coffin shown in the pictures (one end is missing the flap, as is usual with coffins, but it has an almost leather texture and feel to the outside of the case, which I also found strange.)

It's a very strange looking razor, and having gone through all 134 pages of this forum group, plus searching google images for a few hours, I have seen nothing like it at all. The "barber's notch" has some extra notches in it that make it look very unique. As there is some rust on the notches and they appear to be very smooth otherwise, I can say pretty assuredly that this was not a recent "dremel" adjustment. I believe the scales are horn of some sort, but I have no clue as to the date of manufacture.

I also apologize for the poor photos in the post. I had to take pictures of it with my phone as soon as I got out of the shop, and the sun was shining fairly brightly at the time, as I tried to take the pics with the macro option for better viewing.

Any thoughts on this blade gentlemen?