Thread: Wade & Butcher FBU Rattler

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Is still 1867?

All depends on how you feel in the morning.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

All depends on how you feel in the morning.

I just checked my cell phone quick, it's not.

Since Phrank put his on, here is a Wade and Butcher and a Wostenholm which have survived quite nicely.
Both are around 15/16 at the widest.

Oh boy, very nice Tom.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Thanks Andrew...... But man, would you Polish off that patina????

I might have a hard time doing that, but damn, I do like these things shiny too. Probably leave them in these scales, that's a given..... I might leave the blade as is, Polish the collars an pins and maybe the wedge too. We'll see when it gets here

I would surely leave it in it's current state. That patina is honest and fairly won. Pins look original, and the scales, though salty, are structurally sound. If you decide you want to pretty it up a bit, fix the bug bites and blemishes with CA and horn filings. Neats foot oil bath for the scales, hone, and shave. The patina will soften with use.

I have a dead nuts original FBU wedge and thank myself every day for leaving it that way. I'd never consider restoring it.




A whole lotta shiny straights out there, not so many in original condition .

Also: Nice score!

Originally Posted by entropy1049

I would surely leave it in it's current state. That patina is honest and fairly won. Pins look original, and the scales, though salty, are structurally sound. If you decide you want to pretty it up a bit, fix the bug bites and blemishes with CA and horn filings. Neats foot oil bath for the scales, hone, and shave. The patina will soften with use.

I have a dead nuts original FBU wedge and thank myself every day for leaving it that way. I'd never consider restoring it.




A whole lotta shiny straights out there, not so many in original condition .

Also: Nice score!

So true my friend. Everything you just said totally makes sense to me, and is the route I will take. It's also the reason the original owner (Silverloaf) left it in the condition he did. Thanks for the reassurance!

Original is good, more than good, but the dead nuts part makes me uneasy.

I just wonder why Cheetahmeat has not shown up yet?

Originally Posted by WW243

Original is good, more than good, but the dead nuts part makes me uneasy.

Dead.

Nuts.

OK I'm posting another I have. I'm going to try and keep this one original as well, but there is a small Crack in the scales at the hinge pin. Another I need to get shaving. Frederick Reynolds 7/8 at the widest.