Thread: Help.....I can't decide

Right,
Spoke with the very nice chap at Taylor's 1000 this evening and he's hanging onto a dovo Bismarck for me, new with pearl scales. All in all a sexy razor.

I've just been on da bay and seen a wade and butcher. Needs work but for the right price would be worthwhile.

I'm stumped. The Bismarck looks very cool and I love a shave with my special but it's a wade and butcher.

What, if anything would you guys do?

Originally Posted by DaveTheGeordie

Right,
Spoke with the very nice chap at Taylor's 1000 this evening and he's hanging onto a dovo Bismarck for me, new with pearl scales. All in all a sexy razor.

I've just been on da bay and seen a wade and butcher. Needs work but for the right price would be worthwhile.

I'm stumped. The Bismarck looks very cool and I love a shave with my special but it's a wade and butcher.

What, if anything would you guys do?

I'd get the Wade and Butcher...a Bismarck will come up a lot faster at a decent price that a W&B....took me awhile to find a Bismarck, but much, much longer to find the W&B that I was looking for. And then ofcourse, a new member here just had a real hard to find W&B given to him...go with the W&B in my opinion.

If you want some opinions on it, there are many here who can give you an excellent take on the blade you're considering....just my two cents!

Originally Posted by Phrank

I'd get the Wade and Butcher...a Bismarck will come up a lot faster at a decent price that a W&B....took me awhile to find a Bismarck, but much, much longer to find the W&B that I was looking for. And then ofcourse, a new member here just had a real hard to find W&B given to him...go with the W&B in my opinion.

If you want some opinions on it, there are many here who can give you an excellent take on the blade you're considering....just my two cents!

It's on eBay UK at the moment. Ivory scales. I can't seem to post a link. I would appreciate any advice on the blade.

I saw a for 'barbers use' too. That had a crack near the heel.

Well if you want to collect broken razors there are lots of those. It is all about what fits your face. I'd be hard pressed on that choice too. If you aren't up to the task of restoring I'd get the Bismark. I have a few W&B razors and the Bismark. They are both nice shavers. You could get them both, that's what I did ;-)

Can you post the item #? Hard to give advice without properly inspecting.

WADE AND BUTCHER STRAIGHT RAZOR SHEFFIELD | eBay

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Originally Posted by RezDog

Well if you want to collect broken razors there are lots of those. It is all about what fits your face. I'd be hard pressed on that choice too. If you aren't up to the task of restoring I'd get the Bismark. I have a few W&B razors and the Bismark. They are both nice shavers. You could get them both, that's what I did ;-)

Yea RezDog, yea...get em both...and they are great blades...although I'm more particular to the big Sheffield blades (when and if you can find em!)!!

I would honor my agreement with the vendor who put a razor aside for me, possibly missing out on another sale in the process. I would get the Bismarck.

Originally Posted by JeffR

I would honor my agreement with the vendor who put a razor aside for me, possibly missing out on another sale in the process. I would get the Bismarck.

Yes - excellent point...if he put it aside for you I'd grab the Bismarck...you can't go wrong with that blade...really enjoy mine. Now with all this talk about the Bismarck, think that will be tomorrow morning's razor!

Thanks for the replies guys. I still plan to have the Bismarck. I just came into an extra, small, bit of money which wasn't expected. Means I can have one while I could, in theory, still get the other when I planned to.

It's item 350948615624 on eBay UK. Celebrated hollow ground with a bit of rust but £25. Can't really say no to that.