Thread: The Butcher Shop

Here's my entries, the antler has been honed to shave ready, the other one is awaiting the norton...

It turns out that I get to have W & B as my first genuine straight razor (I have been shaving with a shavette until now). I received this beauty today in the mail from a SRP member. Haven't shaved with it as yet. Will be butchering the whiskers tomorrow morning

1st razor has an 8/8 Blade with the original bulleye brass collars. The scales are a black horn. This razor is up there with my best shavers.

2nd razor has a 5/8 blade and the scales are picked bone.

3rd razor has a 9/16 blade and what is unusual about this is that it has an "improved tang" which is actually longer than a normal tang.

4th razor has a 5/8 blade and the scales are polished Giraffe bone and were made by Robert Williams. The escutcheon plate is hammered brass.

5th razor has a 6/8 blade and the scales are believed to be of Tortoise (dark brown molted or spotted over a goldish color) The scales also have three silver inlays.

6th razor is identical to razor #1 but not nearly as nice. The collars don't match and there is a crack near the heal of the blade which is about 3/4" long.

7th razor has a 6/8 blade. The scales are made of ivory and possibly the tang. I have not tested the tang.

Wow, you've got some beauties there!

Hello.

I'm finishing a resto on a W&B. I've been looking at your wonderful W&B's and I can't tell from the photos if you're using intermediate washers between the razor and the scales.
I don't know if I'll put washers "inside" the handle, if I assemble it the scales and the overall razor looks "fat" and "large", if I take them off it looks better but I don't know if it's better to put a washer between the blade and the scales to prevent any "scales wear" around the pivot hole, see what I mean?

Originally Posted by Leon

Hello.

I'm finishing a resto on a W&B. I've been looking at your wonderful W&B's and I can't tell from the photos if you're using intermediate washers between the razor and the scales.
I don't know if I'll put washers "inside" the handle, if I assemble it the scales and the overall razor looks "fat" and "large", if I take them off it looks better but I don't know if it's better to put a washer between the blade and the scales to prevent any "scales wear" around the pivot hole, see what I mean?

Hi Leon,
Actually those razors are all original except for the one that Robert did. As far as the washers between the blade and the scales goes I sometimes don't use them when I restore a razor because it reduces the friction so much that the blade moves very easily and makes it very easy to open which can be unsafe. If I did put scales on a razor and it pinches the shank so much that it squeezes the blade from the scales I will put washers in to reduce the squeezing. It does reduce the wear between the shank and the scales but you are talking about a LONG time to create any results.

Originally Posted by str8razor

it reduces the friction so much that the blade moves very easily and makes it very easy to open which can be unsafe.

I think that's the case here. It moves rather quickly, so I'll remove the washers. The blade looks better that way...

Thanks

Originally Posted by str8razor

6th razor is identical to razor #1 but not nearly as nice. The collars don't match and there is a crack near the heal of the blade which is about 3/4" long.

It looks to be a little hollower than the obvious wedge of your #1. Is that an illusion or is it so?

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