-
Inherited Wade & Butcher
Here's a link (bottom of the post) to multiple pictures of the straight razor I ended up inheriting from my great (I think) grandfather. I've been doing quite a bit of digging in the past few days and have not seen a straight razor quite like this. I've been asking around to try and learn as much as I can about it, and it keep making me want to learn more and more. SRP seems to be one of the larger straight razor communities out there, so I figured I'd give it a shot.
So far, I know it predates 1890-1895, has a barber's notch, the scaling looks a tiny bit worn but for the most part seems to be in pretty good condition. It has its original coffin case, which has taken more of a beating over the years. On one side of the blade there looks to be a little bit of rust and a tiny bit of pitting. It does have a barely visible nick in the edge of the blade; I don't know how much that would affect the actual shave. I'd eventually like to attempt to shave with it, but I think it needs a little lovin' first.
I did find a magazine article by Henry Lummus from December 1922 that was digitized by Google that shows quite a variation of Sheffield straight razors. I know there is another article by the same author in the May 1927, if I remember correctly, that has more information about straight razors. I've been searching for that and hopefully will be able to find a digitized version that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Anyway, any other information from people that are much more experience than me would be greatly appreciated. It seems slimmer than most other straight razors I've seen - is that from honing too much or is it just a slimmer blade? I tried to get a picture staring down the blade, but that was more difficult than expected.
tl;dr
Woo, pictures!
-
Welcome and good you have that heirloom. If you would, download a picture here for posterity?
In some cases, threads with linked pics are worthless in the future as the links disappear.
-
5 Attachment(s)
Attachment 219198Attachment 219199Attachment 219200Attachment 219201Attachment 219202
welcome aboard mate
it is a nice looking 1/2" wedge
it is great to have an heirloom
I advise you add you location as there may be someone near by that could help you along with a clean up & hone so it can be used.
-
Ah, thank you for uploading those, greatly appreciated because apparently the default on my new phone was .jpg so I was having to go through and convert them all to .png by hand :banghead:
Thanks for the welcome!
-
It could be an awesome beginner razor in the right hands. Needs some pro work, I think!
As an heirloom, I feel quite worth the expenditure. JMHO