Thread: Detachable blade Wade & Butcher set

Three of the blades were significantly damaged in shipping. Not sure how this should be handled with the seller. Any suggestions? Should I ask for a partial refund? The tang stamps are all as shown in the pic. No sheffield stamping on the reverse side. The scales are some kind of plastic. If these were manufactured in the 1920's , I think we can assume that they have been reground. I'm kind of pissed right now as I'm sure you can all imagine.

I also got a nice Wester Bros De-Fi in the mail today. I'm gonna have to clean and hone that up. Should help me to calm down.

What a shame. I would also be a disgruntled buyer, and rightfully so. I guess I would ask for a refund unless I wanted one or more badly enough to consider a generous partial refund. If I'm not badly mistaken that set would've originally been in an oak fitted case with an Ivory scaled handle. As far as them being reground, not sure about that. Zak or one of the other members expert on the period could probably speak to that more accurately. If you keep one or more you could send the handle out to be rescaled with a natural material but that would add to the cost of course.

Those were most likely made between 1825 and 1830. The crown and GR are the clue.

They were definitely reground, and the surviving blades will almost certainly be superb shavers. There was one blade missing to begin with, as well as the original box. The top of the spines may originally have been etched with days of the week.

The scales *should* be black horn, but it's possible the original material was replaced when they were reground.

I would send the seller that picture of all the blades in a jumble and the one with the huge chips.

Did that moron just ship them loose in the case,

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Did that moron just ship them loose in the case,

I got a small, 1920's travel kit with razor, button-hooks, files and all that. The seller did the same thing. Just assumed the case would keep everything safe. The razor had slipped out of the little velvet hoop and shattered its bone scales.

Of course I'd only paid $30 for it, and it was an easy fix for me, but I certainly did let the seller know that they'd need to be more careful with shipping in the future.

They were wired into the case. All of the wires failed.

Originally Posted by BeJay

They were wired into the case. All of the wires failed.

In one sense, that's good. From the picture, I was afraid they were glued in.

From the looks of it, all but one of the blades will be usable, unless there are deeper cracks I don't see in the picture.

But I'd be asking for a partial refund regardless, and I'd let them know that they broke a 185 year old antique.

I would send them all back JMO

As Voidmonster say's, all but one are usable, and they are a stunning set, so if you're happy with the remaining blades, keep them and ask for a partial refund.

I would also send them all back, but that is me. It comes down to what you want to do with them. If you are happy then by all means keep them and fix the ones you can. Sloppy shipping like that shouldn't benefit the seller. Everybody makes mistakes, but we usually have to pay for them when we do. It is quite sad too because those would have been some nice razors, but now they will probably vary in width a lot between each razor. Probably would have varied a little anyway after honing them depending on the edges, but not anymore. Good luck with whatever you decision you make.