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    Default 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.....

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

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    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!
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    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.

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveTheCanuck View Post
    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!
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Hart View Post
    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.
    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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