Wade Butcher Celebrated!

I purchased my first WB and I cant wait to shave with it! :)

However, I need to get the blade honed and a very small chip on the toe of the blade repaired. I was thinking about getting this one professionally restored...blade cleaned up, and new custom bone scales but after cleaning it up with some Maas, I think I'll just get it shave ready and try it out for awhile. The scale are a little chewed up but not too bad yet. I know one of the scale is cracked, but I like the original scales (even though they are a little bitten) and I don't think the cracked scale will matter much from a performance standpoint.....Thoughts??

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As received.....

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Notice the cracked scale and very small chip located near the toe (hard to see in the picture).....

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After 1 hour of cleaned up with some Maas.....

The cracked scale doesnt matter much unless it interferes with closing the razor, you could fill the crack with some epoxy. The blade looks fine, hone and shave Enjoy!

I have come to regard the W&B razors a my favorite. Congratz!!

I've come to liking the WB razors myself. I also like the George Wostenholm and son also. epoxy the crack and hone. the chip in the toe will hone out I think. nice blade.

A friend just shared with me a razor that has been passed down through her family. It's another W&B, very similar and appears to have been made at about the same time -the blade commemorates Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A MacDonald. What really interested me about your post was where the crack in the scales was. The one I saw had a similar issue but the end of one had come off entirely.
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Sorry -realized after I had posted with my pics it might come off as a bit of showboating on my part. That wasn't the intention. I had actually logged in to post about the W&B I was shown and your post was already there. Since the subject was so similar I felt it best to post to your thread. I hope you didn't take any offence. None was meant!

I don't think I have seen a grind like the one on the "Celebrated" yet. The stabilizer and the spine are different. I like it.

With that great spine shape it looks like an older blade, very nice. Use it as is. If you need to take a little off the toe, it might improve its smile some, as It may have lost a bit over the years. I'd think it originally followed the curve of the spine more.

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Sorry -realized after I had posted with my pics it might come off as a bit of showboating on my part. That wasn't the intention. I had actually logged in to post about the W&B I was shown and your post was already there. Since the subject was so similar I felt it best to post to your thread. I hope you didn't take any offence. None was meant!

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No offense taken!! That W&B is very cool. I've never seen a W&B like that. What I think happened to the my W&B is the pivot pin became lose and the blade folded between the scale and the pin and cracked the scale. Perhaps that is what happened to the razor in your post. I also believe the lose pivot pin also allowed the blade to strike the wedge causing the small chip. I don't think this will be the only W&B I'll own! I enjoy the history behind these razors....ok...I love the history behind all SRs!!

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Originally Posted by Hart

With that great spine shape it looks like an older blade, very nice. Use it as is. If you need to take a little off the toe, it might improve its smile some, as It may have lost a bit over the years. I'd think it originally followed the curve of the spine more.

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Any idea when the timeframe this razor may have been manufactured? Also is there anything I should do with the scale from a restoration standpoint? Sorry for all the questions.

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The cracked scale doesnt matter much unless it interferes with closing the razor, you could fill the crack with some epoxy. The blade looks fine, hone and shave Enjoy!

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Any specific kind of epoxy?

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Any idea when the timeframe this razor may have been manufactured? Also is there anything I should do with the scale from a restoration standpoint?

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Being that there is no country of origins on the stamp, makes it before 1891, my guess would be 1870-1890.

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Any specific kind of epoxy?

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Had very good luck with an all purpose epoxy, you can add to the mix to match the color of the scales, like adding sawdust from ebony.

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Any specific kind of epoxy?

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I've had good luck with thin CA. I apply the CA, compress the crack, and then spray it with accelerator ( or you can use ammonia fumes from household ammonia and achieve the same result). Repaired several with cracks similar to yours over the years by that method as well as epoxy.

Yes, Wullie gives good advise! :thinking:
No oiling scales until repairs are done. Clean crack good, acetone on a rag. Lighter fluid. Something!
CA sticks to horn like it does your fingers. Practice putting the pieces together for a bit before the glue!
Bit on each end, Stick it together and press lightly. At ten count, wipe off excess with finger. Nice, got it on my finger!
Sand and polish.

OP. Very very nice blade. Sweet shavers, those!

Hone it and leave it alone. Looks fantastic. If the crack gets worse repair it as instructed earlier otherwise enjoy the ageing. Don't remove the character of this beauty by restoring it. Just enjoy the shave.

I have a similar model that was grungy looking with beat up scales too...I had it restored as so:

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