Thread: A Wade&Butcher, any idea is welcome

Hi sRp folks,

i acquiered a new straight since yesterday. its mark is pretty gone out/erased on the blade, i can only read

" ..... By
...... ER
....FIELD "

i would like to be 100% sure before clean it out and get shave ready. do you think there is some other old sheffield manufacturor which can be its mark?

i add two pictures i took today,

Looks the part, but your pics arent very helpful. I'm sure its worth a scrub and a honing from the looks of it.

sorry for the pics here some news.

it worth or not, i will restore it. i like its look but i would like to be sure before polish it.

From the looks of that I would say its a Wade & Butcher. Looking at the tangs of some of mine the placement of the letters in relation to eachother and the shape of the blade i would be comfortable saying your right. Looks to me like you will lose the rest of the stamp if you get the scratches out of the tang let alone any of the pitting. Either way it should shave great!

Could also try to apply some cold bluing solutionin the mark area and sand with 2000 grit to remove the high spots. May expose enough of the original lettering to make out more. But as others have said, looks like a WB and certainly worth cleaning up to see how she performs..
Good luck.

thanks, just wanted to be sure for its manufacturor. certanly i will go from 1500 meshs till 8000 than pastes. but i don't rather to use cold blue method. i've never did it, i afraid to get blade a bad tremp.

Hard to tell from photos. Look with a good magnifier. Sometimes it is too faint for the named eye but can be seen under magnification. Either way not a bad looking razor. I would clean it, hone it and enjoy it.