Thread: The Butcher Shop

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Dang thing must have crawled all the way from Australia.

That looks like the Deadly Australian Outback Viper !

No....I keep it in my pants John.
Only comes out for special occasions.

Told a girl 18 years ago she could touch it, but to be careful, that if it bit her it would make her belly swell up for at least nine months.

Ah um...married w/ children.

The end....really!!

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Dang thing must have crawled all the way from Australia.

That looks like the Deadly Australian Outback Viper !

That is a Massasauga Rattlesnake.....scared the absolute crap out of the wife and daughter...they're both still in the car.....

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BTW Phrank, awesome razor. That is a dream of mine to get one of those!
Oh boy, a rattler! I walked up on a big fat one in Arizona once at some old Indian ruins. It was on a trail that was hardly used & I stepped right over it when I saw it. It was crossing the trail & not coiled up thank God. I loved it out there.

Originally Posted by Phrank

SWMBO had to head back to the city for a day - so this was waiting for me at home and she brought it up for me to the cottage.

The previous owner had attempted to restore it, I gather the spine was warped, and it broke in half at the tang - the two pieces were then burnished together with silver, and it looks great, very solid. Figure this is the closest I'll ever get to one of these, so YOLO....:-)

Wade & Butcher, Ottoman Egyptian and Royal Windsor straight razor.

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Back a day early, epic shave with this razor planned for tomorrow.

Here are some pics from the previous owner, the tragedy, followed by the rebirth of this Wade & Butcher, Ottoman Egyptian and Royal Windsor straight razor:

Originally Posted by Phrank

Thanks - it's a 6/8 wedge, aside from that break, the blade and stamps are in perfect condition, and as pointed out in a thread about these, The Royal Windsor Hotel was around in the 1910-20's timeframe, yet the razor does not have the England stamp on the tang, only Sheffield, so when I return with a good 8 day beard on Sunday....will be my SOTD for sure.

Walked out and saw this outside the cottage today....Rattlesnake anyone?

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Can you take another pic, and stand just a little closer, just to make sure its not rubber ... Jkjk

Originally Posted by Phrank

Back a day early, epic shave with this razor planned for tomorrow.

Here are some pics from the previous owner, the tragedy, followed by the rebirth of this Wade & Butcher, Ottoman Egyptian and Royal Windsor straight razor:

Ahhh, thanks unvle Phrankie, how'd you know what I wanted this Christmas

Originally Posted by Phrank

Thanks - it's a 6/8 wedge, aside from that break, the blade and stamps are in perfect condition, and as pointed out in a thread about these, The Royal Windsor Hotel was around in the 1910-20's timeframe, yet the razor does not have the England stamp on the tang, only Sheffield, so when I return with a good 8 day beard on Sunday....will be my SOTD for sure.

Walked out and saw this outside the cottage today....Rattlesnake anyone?

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BUDDY!!!!!

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Well I went with quick and easy and maybe this winter I will take this one apart and really get after it. I have yet to test shave with this one but this is by far the most difficult razor I have honed to date. My novice hone skills were put to the test here I bet I have close to 8 hrs not all at once , getting this sucker to take bevel then smooth out from there! and even at that I am still a bit befuddled by how I got there. Razor did clean up nice just scrubbed a bit then wd40 and 0000 steel wool as suggested then a bit of never dull I had laying around. Well thanks for looking

Just won this big boy! Uncontested!!

Vintage 1" Wade Butcher for Barbers Use" | eBay

full 1" and I cant even see a bevel or hone wear! The blade appears to be in almost new condition, the cheap acrylic scales will be replaced with proper horn and lead wedge with dome collars when it arrives.

I tried uploading pics but they turned out super small so I just added the link.