Thread: Score!

Originally Posted by Bighaze51

It says "Manufactured Wade & Butcher Sheffield" with the arrow and B in a circle. Anyone have a better ballpark figure of the age?

Well im no expert in dating razors but by the look of the blade and scales i would say this razor was probably made between 1870 to 1880 give or take a few.

Thanks Martin103. I took the blade out of the scales and have started cleaning it up some more. This one is going to be sweet. I honed up the Genco last night and shaved with it this morning. It's a sweet shaver. But I'm really looking forward to the W&B getting done

Your Grandmothers Uncle? Always sweeter when it is an heirloom. I think there is a thread for Heirlooms here somewhere.

I'd have wet my pants over finding those pocket knives. Especially so knowing they belonged to a relative so far back. Now, you get to shave with his razors. I love stories like these. What if these turned out to be his grandfather's? Thought provoking isn't it.

Nice find.

Chasmo

Well, after talking to my mom, she seems to think it actually is another generation back. Because Uncle Frank would have been born around 1900. So they probably did belong to his dad. Unfortunately, most of the knives are useless. They are rusty and have broken blades. I cleaned up two of the DE's last night and they are going to make nice shavers too. I decided to clean up the W&B straight more extensively. I unpinned the blade and have been buffing it up. There is still a little patina that I can't get out without doing some serious sanding but it's starting to look good. I'm going to make some new pins today and put it back together. I'll post some pics up when I do.