Thread: Wade & Butcher reshape ???

Regrinds were super common way back when. Less common now because of tape and less users and more disposable income. Way back disposable income did not exist, most were happy if they had food and shelter. Getting a razor was a lifetime purchase and keeping it going was always less than a new one.

As they reground the thick wedges with the barber's notches, the thin results could not support the area below the notch.

Since the notch had to go, a reprofile of the tip was necessary. You will see lots a bit short for the scales (Yours are not original) and with square-points. The slash-cut on yours looks nice.

TBH, I like my old regrinds much better than the wedges. I seem to have several of them!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

As they reground the thick wedges with the barber's notches, the thin results could not support the area below the notch.

Since the notch had to go, a reprofile of the tip was necessary. You will see lots a bit short for the scales (Yours are not original) and with square-points. The slash-cut on yours looks nice.

TBH, I like my old regrinds much better than the wedges. I seem to have several of them!

Well that would make sense at least as to why they ground back the spine. I'm thinking whoever this lot came from originally must have been either a really experienced hobbyist or a professional repair person. I would not have thought that that WB was a regrind.
I'm with you Tom. I really love the look of the wedges, especially the barber notched ones but I just don't care for the shave from them. It's a little stiff for me. I would have them as thin as a DE blade if it weren't too floppy in an SR.The hollow-er the better as far as I'm concerned
I honed both of those last night and shaved with them this morning. 1/2 with one razor and 1/2 with the other and they both shaved nicely but the re-shaped WB shaves a little better. That Elliot is so stinking long It's wider than my 3-in strops. I hate stropping in an X pattern. That's why I got the 3-in wide ones.

The x pattern is better for the blade no matter the width. There was crazy debate about it many years ago, and it is most important with pastes to x but allegedly it makes a difference with regular linen and leather too.

Indeed, so many just had to have that 3-incher when they began.
Lots have gone to the 2 1/2 because of what Rezdog related. The X is the bomb.

You know, I own a business. I'm a skilled tradesman and I would rather hire someone who doesn't know anything and train them myself than to hire someone who learned it the wrong way. At least what I consider the wrong way.
I may have done this same thing to myself because I had been shaving with a straight razor for years before I ever read an article or looked at a forum or anything.I don't think there ever was such a thing when I learned and l learned how to shave, hone and strop by trial and error. It's hard to unlearn old habits.
In fact I didn't even come here looking for that. I came here looking for information on old razors and discovered along the way that there was other information about shaving and honing etc. I was always independent I guess. My dad didn't even teach me how to shave with a straight or strop. I just watched him and did what it looked like he did. I have no idea if he even did it right

I guess I should add to that that I'm not saying I don't want to learn new things. In particular stopping Is kind of a muscle memory issue. Johnny Winter was quoted as saying if you hit a wall playing guitar put the guitar down... Not for a couple of days or a week but for a couple of months. I suppose the idea is that your mind gets program to a certain thing and you almost have to forget some of it.