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.