Thread: The Butcher Shop

I should call it "before" picture, but still in great condition!

WB 7/8 American razor

Huh I have one with the same markings. It's smaller than yours and doesn't have a barber notch but I do love the etching!

Hope this is my entry to the Butcher Shop.
eBay finding. After unpinning and cleaning found a nice razor under the dirt. Horn scales, tin wedge. Polished the blade only mildly and repinned with brass rod and washers. Carefully fixed the old gold inlays, although parts of it were heavily outworn.
Now she carries her age with proudness. Honed, stropped and shaved.
Sorry about the picture quality.

That would make a nice matched pair with the "Bow" razor W&B made.

I'll snap some pics this weekend but I've fallen hard for the W&B and probably belong in this group! In a combination of RAD and a serious attempt to find that perfect blade for my beard type and face shape, I've decided that the 6/8 to 7/8 W&Bs slice through my horsehair beard like a hot knife through butter! The only other blade I'll use that even comes close is a #13 Filly.

I still need to research why but for whatever reason the W&B is by far the best shaver of the over 200 types I've tried thus far. It doesn't seem to matter if it's a full hollow or wedge - they all work wonders. Fillys are about the same on my beard but those 2 are all I'll use now. You gotta love a blade that shaves that easily with a smoothness that just can't be touched by modern manufacture!

By the way, where can I download one of those great W&B logos some guys use in their signature line? The one with the full logo with arrow.

Just copy and save my W&B if you want:-)

Originally Posted by Sailor

Hope this is my entry to the Butcher Shop.
eBay finding. After unpinning and cleaning found a nice razor under the dirt. Horn scales, tin wedge. Polished the blade only mildly and repinned with brass rod and washers. Carefully fixed the old gold inlays, although parts of it were heavily outworn.
Now she carries her age with proudness. Honed, stropped and shaved.
Sorry about the picture quality.

I think that is the first W&B I've seen with an arrow on the reverse of the shank. Nice razor.

Originally Posted by Traskrom

I should call it "before" picture, but still in great condition!

WB 7/8 American razor

Beautiful Razor. The etching on the blade is great. I'll be on the lookout for one of those.