Thread: 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.

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

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