Thread: Can you id this Wade & Butcher

Originally Posted by Raol

Thanks for the feedback my Canadian Bro'. Can't wait to hone it up,.........You make me feel really good about making this purchase.

A W&B, "Magnum Bonum" is always a superb purchase, large "branded" razor from an epic time, I would've grabbed it faster than a fat kid on a smarty.

Only thing that bugs me about the later ones with this acid wash, is you really can lose the etch, if you look closely at the one I posted, you can just see the start of the same etch your's has.

Here's another "version", similar marketing type thing, big blade, and something you don't see, a Frederick Reynolds, but instead of the fantastic deep etching, you've got this acid wash technique.

Big difference between the W&B version and this Frederick Reynolds, "The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor For Barbers Use", you can barely see the etching, while on a W&B, they're usually dark and deep. Look closely and you can see the etching. But it's all but gone now, whereas on any of my W&B's, the engraving stands out loud and proud.