Thread: Wade & Butcher 'For Barbers Only' Resto

I hate to think of so much steel being removed from the blade, but that was very tastefully done and masterfully executed. Beautiful work.

Very nice lookin' razor! Congrats on having it in your collection.

Originally Posted by dnjrboy

Are those scales horn? Mighty nice.

The scales are horn. I have a few sets left from a stash of NOS horn scales that I snagged a long time ago.

Originally Posted by Leighton

In order to remove the chip, Ken ground out a brand new bevel from where the chip ended. So, he took about 1/16" of steel off. Not sure how he does it, but I'm guessing hones. And hones take...hours. So he spent quite a bit of time honing that chip out and resetting the bevel.

The biggest challenge is keeping the blade geometry correct when taking that much steel from the edge. I did hand grind with a 220 hone. I also flattened the edge until I got past the chip to make sure there was no cracks radiating from the chip. After that it was matter of setting the bevel then honing.

I've restored and honed dozens of those and they are excellent shavers. Congrats on an excellent razor!