Thread: Need help about Wade & Butcher

Go to this link https://acierfondu.wordpress.com/wade-and-butcher/ and scroll down to near the bottom of the page.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Go to this link https://acierfondu.wordpress.com/wade-and-butcher/ and scroll down to near the bottom of the page.

Bob

Thank you, Bob. Look like it was made about 1876

When I originally got the two I have, I also assumed 1876. But it turns out they were a fair bit earlier.

This ad for them ran in the Philadelphia Public Ledger on March 25th, 1851. So I'd say the style dates to late 1840's to maybe as late as 1860.



These razors continued to confuse people for decades. There are numerous newspaper articles from the 1860's up to the 1930's where people have found them and think they're revolutionary war-era razors.

This one is from 1875:



The blade style, minus the slogan, goes back to at least the 1830's, since there are pre-Bingham Fred Fenney razors using the same pattern, though those razors are etched with 'Adamantine Edge'

Thank you. Very interesting

I've always thought (like Tom) that these blades were made for the Centennial in 1876...but now with Zak's post I stand corrected. Here's a photo of mine:

Well, it is still plenty old! Just not as old as you might think!

The part I love is all the newspaper stories about people finding revolutionary war razors.