Thread: special?

Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

Far as i can tell from the other razors i own there is nothing truly special about them. They both hold a great edge and shave well. But so do other razors, i just like that they each have special etched in differemt locations. Like one has it on the tang and the other on the blade and tang. Oh and the scales. I dont have a pic to show right now i can get one later. Or its in the wade and butcher razor club i believe.

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Ohh, I don't know if I have enough Wade and Butcher's to warrent admission to such an elite club

These are the ones i have and i keep looking for more. I know they make larger ones and ones in black scales. Always looking, but they shave amazing. Always in my rotation.

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Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

These are the ones i have and i keep looking for more. I know they make larger ones and ones in black scales. Always looking, but they shave amazing. Always in my rotation.

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They seem to be getting harder to find ...

Originally Posted by whoever

They seem to be getting harder to find ...

They pop up on thebay but always seem to bring more than I want to pay. But I got a lucky find on the bottom one pictured, found it in the wild cheap and had Glen go over it. The other one I got from the bay because I got outbid on a nicer one and was not about to log off without one.

Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

They pop up on thebay but always seem to bring more than I want to pay. But I got a lucky find on the bottom one pictured, found it in the wild cheap and had Glen go over it. The other one I got from the bay because I got outbid on a nicer one and was not about to log off without one.

Yuuup, I really hate that logging off issue, they should fix it. Its their fault not ours
I hope I can find me one if those that you posted

Heck yes there ya go! So the flash is right on the tang is it a special:O

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Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

Heck yes there ya go! So the flash is right on the tang is it a special:O

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Yes it is a special

Originally Posted by whoever

Yes it is a special

[emoji106] you are part of the club! Congrats

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The Wade & Butcher 'Special' razors were produced during the seriously declining fortunes of the company. They had given up on traditional production and used machine-production techniques involving stamped blank razors minimally finished by a skeleton crew of skilled workers.

The word has as much bearing on the quality and utility of the razor as sunglasses marketed as being "HD". It's pure marketing fluff.

On the other hand, while my description makes it sound like it's somehow inferior quality -- it's absolutely not. They were seriously trying to compete with all the other shaving methods out there at the turn of the century and they made their best effort. They're good razors. Just not any more 'Special' than the 'Universally Approved' razors of the 1820's were 'Universally Approved'. Or for that matter, the 'Celebrated' razors were Celebrated.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

The Wade & Butcher 'Special' razors were produced during the seriously declining fortunes of the company. They had given up on traditional production and used machine-production techniques involving stamped blank razors minimally finished by a skeleton crew of skilled workers.

The word has as much bearing on the quality and utility of the razor as sunglasses marketed as being "HD". It's pure marketing fluff.

On the other hand, while my description makes it sound like it's somehow inferior quality -- it's absolutely not. They were seriously trying to compete with all the other shaving methods out there at the turn of the century and they made their best effort. They're good razors. Just not any more 'Special' than the 'Universally Approved' razors of the 1820's were 'Universally Approved'. Or for that matter, the 'Celebrated' razors were Celebrated.

Nice NOS and coffin