Help with a W & B

Good day All,

Just scored this W & B at a garage sale.


It is a W & B " CELEBRATED", as indicated on the scales - which are clear horn. 7/8", hollow ground, no jibs. Blade is very clean & heavy. One scale says "WADE & BUTCHER CELEBRATED RAZOR" Scales have some minor chips & scuffs.... and on back scale (as opposed
to printed side) someone had ever so faintly scratched a few numbers and letters down at the end by the pin.


This is the SAME razor as the one on pg 227 of the Ritchie/Stewart guide (3rd ed.) minus the bogus Chinese on the blade and different wording on the scale.


Anyone have an idea of it's worth?


Thanks,
Dave

I bought 2 of that type last year off Ebay - one for $11, the other for $28. I've paid more for W&B's however....

It's worth what you can get for it. :D

It looks in very good shape, + it's rare to see "Wade & Butcher" on the scales, so that will make the price go up. Wade & Butchers in this condition, and a heavy model like this one should pull a good price. Here lately I've seen razors of well known brands in good shape go for a lot more money than they did in the past. :shrug:

I'd say a minimum of $60.00, and it could go well over a hundred if you get the right people bidding.

A good presentation with good pictures can bring the price up on an auction.

Wade & Butchers are great razors, and they make great shavers!

Steve

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Originally Posted by davabak

Good day All,

Just scored this W & B at a garage sale.


It is a W & B " CELEBRATED", as indicated on the scales - which are clear horn. 7/8", hollow ground, no jibs. Blade is very clean & heavy. One scale says "WADE & BUTCHER CELEBRATED RAZOR" Scales have some minor chips & scuffs.... and on back scale (as opposed
to printed side) someone had ever so faintly scratched a few numbers and letters down at the end by the pin.


This is the SAME razor as the one on pg 227 of the Ritchie/Stewart guide (3rd ed.) minus the bogus Chinese on the blade and different wording on the scale.


Anyone have an idea of it's worth?


Thanks,
Dave

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Welcome. Your Avatar looks like you should have been on the album cover of Hairway to Steven.

Cool razor. It's weird how the imprint on the scales were made what I would consider to be upside down. There's Ebay, then there are antique stores then there are garage sales IMO. If I were to see that razor at an antique store, I wouldn't pay more than $45, but as others have said, it would probably go for twice that on Ebay. If it was a wedge W&B meat chopper rather than a more hollow ground blade like you have there it would go for more.

Chris L

Thanks Gentlemen,

Chrisl: I checked the book I was talkin' bout again and the writing on the scale is "upside down" too. That is interesting.

This book dates that razor as being ca. 1850. Also, if I had included a pic with razor closed you'd see the blade through the scale. I thought it was some kinda plastic. Book says its "clear horn"

In general is a razor worth more if it's been cleaned up in a competent way? What about when sharpened & honed, but the "patina" is left alone?

Thanks again,
Dave

PS - You saw from my pic why I've been hunting for only the most serious meat choppers I can get my hands on.