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    Default Do I have a W&B Sheffield?

    I got a few razors a while back (also great grandpa's)

    The first one was a Giesen & Frosthof. Might try and restore it using the wiki.

    I also have a really stout feeling blade. It's a lot heavier than any of my other razors and has a pretty thick spine. The stamp is really worn off. I looked up the symbol on it and if my searched was accurate it is a Wade & Butcher. It's not a wedge but boy is it thick. the scales are shot, totally snapped off at one end. But maybe the blade is worth trying to save?

    Here are some pictures of it and a picture with the arrow and cross symbol for comparison. What do you all think?

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    Yes, the large one is a Wade & Butcher. Too bad about the chip. Someone has a lot of work ahead of them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    Yes, the large one is a Wade & Butcher. Too bad about the chip. Someone has a lot of work ahead of them.
    I might take a run at it if the first restore goes ok. This one is the worse of them with the chip. The other blade had a run of rust part of the edge and some pitting but it doesn't look or feel that deep.

    If I can manage a good clean up and polish job I might continue that with this W&B and then send it off to someone on SRP to get a good re-honing. Thank you for your time.


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    That one looks do-able from the pics (never a good indicator) the chip looks to be only about bevel deep so it should pop right outta there...

    The rust along the bottom edge of the spine is going to be tuff to get loose but it will with enough work...

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    Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
    That one looks do-able from the pics (never a good indicator) the chip looks to be only about bevel deep so it should pop right outta there...

    The rust along the bottom edge of the spine is going to be tuff to get loose but it will with enough work...
    It goes a tad above it, then again you'd be much better at judging it than me. I'll take a close up picture of the chip and try to post it later tonight.

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    It did look to be a bit above the bevel, but there looked like there might be enough blade to salvage.
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    Here is that close up shot.


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    If it was me I might send that one out and have a pro re do that for you. It really is a lot of metal to remove. If you know what you are doing you can do it on the hones but it is a long hard road IME. It took me hours of honing to get this one out of there and I was working it on a 325 diamond plate to begin with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    If it was me I might send that one out and have a pro re do that for you. It really is a lot of metal to remove. If you know what you are doing you can do it on the hones but it is a long hard road IME. It took me hours of honing to get this one out of there and I was working it on a 325 diamond plate to begin with.
    The more I think about it the more I'm convinced that'd be the right choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vekta View Post
    The more I think about it the more I'm convinced that'd be the right choice.
    It can be done, looks like ther would still be enough razor left to look good.
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