Beautiful Steve, have that exact same Masonic blade, only the scales on mine didn't live on mine.
Those aren't the original scales for that one either are they?
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Beautiful Steve, have that exact same Masonic blade, only the scales on mine didn't live on mine.
Those aren't the original scales for that one either are they?
You're welcome buddy. I saw one a couple months ago on eBay & it was so worn out, the etch was half gone & the seller wanted around $200 BIN. I don't think he ever found a fool to buy it.
@ Steve and Phrank.
Great lookin blades, men.
Phrank, you got the knack for finding the choppas
I always love seeing the great Butchers in this thread. W&B is one of my favorite razors as well.
A couple of real fine ones there fellas
When one mentions Wade & Butcher, it is a reflection of the magnificent steel they produced in the day but so are many of the other makers who were all so closely knitted together in that area of the 19th century Sheffield like George Wostenholm & Sons, Joseph Rodgers & Sons, W. Greaves & Sons, Joseph Elliot, Frederick Reynolds, Frederick Fenney, Mappin Brothers/Mappin & Webb, John Barber & Son plus many more but those were just on the top of my head. I can't think of one that didn't shave well because they were all excellent razors & still are, some 200+ years later. Some grew enormously into factories while others remained quite small but made an excellent whisker chopper. :tu
Yes Phrank, so right.
A new W&B is on its way...
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