Thread: Need help about Wade & Butcher

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'