Thread: Wade & Butcher Comeback

While I have no faith it will be as good as the original, imagine how cool it would be if they actually did do as well.

Originally Posted by Redcane

While I have no faith it will be as good as the original, imagine how cool it would be if they actually did do as well.

Agreed - no way they can capture the essence of the way that steel was forged and ground, the character that makes an old Sheffield what it is can't be recaptured - will probably just be some stock steel shaped like a vintage razor...but I am very interested to see what they come up with and will keep an open mind.

I predict a 'modern design' 5/8 to 6/8 made by who knows who. Maybe a 7/8 down the road.

Ain't gonna be anything like the good old stuff. I just don't see how it could be done with obstacles aforementioned. May be wrong. Kindof hope I am!

Anyway, with all the good pile coming out of Japan....I cannot see it. JMO

Will It be a WBINO ? Remains to be seen. Case knives sold the factory in the early '70s and they were a stodgy old bunch. Collectors were paying extravagant sums for old patterns (vintage) that hadn't been produced in decades. The new owners ran it into the ground and the workers bought it, kind of like Harley Davidson.

They recognized the demand for the old patterns, again like HD did for the custom motorcycles, and began producing them alongside of the regular stuff and brought the company back to popularity and prosperity. Pretty sure Zippo owns CaseXX now, or they own Zippo. Depends on the mindset of the people who are doing the planning. The fact they want to use the name might indicate a sense of what would most appeal to the lovers of the old blades.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Will It be a WBINO ? Remains to be seen. Case knives sold the factory in the early '70s and they were a stodgy old bunch. Collectors were paying extravagant sums for old patterns (vintage) that hadn't been produced in decades. The new owners ran it into the ground and the workers bought it, kind of like Harley Davidson.

They recognized the demand for the old patterns, again like HD did for the custom motorcycles, and began producing them alongside of the regular stuff and brought the company back to popularity and prosperity. Pretty sure Zippo owns CaseXX now, or they own Zippo. Depends on the mindset of the people who are doing the planning. The fact they want to use the name might indicate a sense of what would most appeal to the lovers of the old blades.

Took me a second - WBINO

Wade and Butcher in Name Only - I think you got it right with that and tied a bow on it - that's all it really can be....

edited to add:.....and they will suck, there, I said it!

I for one am not interested. They are bring back a popular name and that is all. We make the steel differently than we did 200 years ago. Labour was cheap and craftsmen aplenty. The name and logo are going to be the only real similarities.

It's kind of the same as what is going on with Le Grelot at the time. Maybe, like the "new" Le Grelot they have, besides new production, a stock of old blanks which can be interesting. If not, there's only the famous name, and a product not very different from the new Dovo's and TI's I guess.