Thread: Wade & Butcher age?

I picked up an old Wade & Butcher locally with rust and dirt but the look of much more life in it. The best part was that it was only $3!

A little sandpaper, scrubbing polishing and honing and it's coming around. But that's for the Restoration and Honing forums. Here, I'm wondering if anyone can help me date it and know more about it in general. This is my first W&B, but if it goes as well as it's starting, it may not be my last .

The razor overall has a real heft to it compared to my other (few) razors. Appears 1/4 ground to me. Nice swayback spine, that appears close to 1/4" thick. The tang is marked simply Wade and Butcher, Sheffield, no arrow, no cross. There is that typical W&B circle but hard to tell what's in it. From searching past posts, it sounds like the less markings on the tang the earlier. It has a single stablizer at the heel and has the notch at the tip. No etching on the blade, nor any evidence that there ever was. The scales are black to black-brown with a "grain"...are they horn? The two pins are stout with washers, and appear to be brass.

Sorry, no pics to help, but from my description, can anyone tell me about how old, what kind of steel (I assume carbon steel), what the scales are and any other tidbits you W&B experts may have?

Thanks!
- Dale