I have got to brag!!!

OK guys & gals, I've got to brag on this one. Battery ran down on the digital & batteries are charging, but here are a couple pics (I apologize in advance for the not so good photography):

Tang reads:
George Wostenholm & Son's
Celebrated I-X-L Razor
Washington Works
Sheffield

Blade reads:
THE IXL BARBERS RAZOR
2 INCH HOLLOW GROUND

It's an 8/8 with original scales that I don't think that I will do anything with but hone...what do you think? Oh yeah, best part is what I gave for it...look at the price tag on the blade. That's right, $7.50 plus tax.

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Wow!

Thats a great looking razor and a total bargain at the price! Good find!

Are you going to restore it or just hone it up and go for it?

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Originally Posted by shooter74743

OK guys & gals, I've got to brag on this one. Battery ran down on the digital & batteries are charging, but here are a couple pics (I apologize in advance for the not so good photography):

Tang reads:
George Wostenholm & Son's
Celebrated I-X-L Razor
Washington Works
Sheffield

Blade reads:
THE IXL BARBERS RAZOR
2 INCH HOLLOW GROUND

It's an 8/8 with original scales that I don't think that I will do anything with but hone...what do you think? Oh yeah, best part is what I gave for it...look at the price tag on the blade. That's right, $7.50 plus tax.

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You Mother:cen :censucking lucky piece of :cen.

Kidding.

However, that's beautiful, absolutely beautiful, and for 8 bucks? Gawdamn. Why are there no good antique stores near me... :(

Want.

Congrats on a hell of a find. I love antique stores!!!! Enjoy your new beast of a blade, and if you don't just let me know I will gladly give you what you paid and even pay for shipping.:w

oh wow.. nice score

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Originally Posted by sbrouwers

Congrats on a hell of a find. I love antique stores!!!! Enjoy your new beast of a blade, and if you don't just let me know I will gladly give you what you paid and even pay for shipping.:w

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I'll give double, nay, Triple!

That's roughly what a GW&S in that condition is worth, right? Right?

Everybody should get together and call you names!:p What a sweet deal!

OK, I admit I am am n-v-us :cry:


. . . but in a good way!

Congrats on a great steal, er, I mean deal! :D

Ready for part II? Same store (it's about 100 miles away by the way), fifteen bucks:

Tang reads:

MANUFACTURED BY
WADE & BUTCHER
SHEFFIELD

Blade reads:
The Celebrated
HOLLOW GROUND RAZOR
FOR BARBER'S USE
circled "B", arrow, maltese cross
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Originally Posted by shooter74743

Ready for part II? Same store (it's about 100 miles away by the way), fifteen bucks:

Tang reads:

MANUFACTURED BY
WADE & BUTCHER
SHEFFIELD

Blade reads:
The Celebrated
HOLLOW GROUND RAZOR
FOR BARBER'S USE
circled "B", arrow, maltese cross
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:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

It's not fair!!

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Originally Posted by Stubear

Wow!

Thats a great looking razor and a total bargain at the price! Good find!

Are you going to restore it or just hone it up and go for it?

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I think that I am just going to hone it up. I love the patina on it & would really hate to loose it.
Scott

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Originally Posted by shooter74743

Ready for part II? Same store (it's about 100 miles away by the way), fifteen bucks:

Tang reads:

MANUFACTURED BY
WADE & BUTCHER
SHEFFIELD

Blade reads:
The Celebrated
HOLLOW GROUND RAZOR
FOR BARBER'S USE
circled "B", arrow, maltese cross
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Dude!!!.....that's it...NE Texas isn't *that* far away......
Seriously, awesome finds!

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Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

You Mother:cen :censucking lucky piece of :cen.

Kidding.

However, that's beautiful, absolutely beautiful, and for 8 bucks? Gawdamn. Why are there no good antique stores near me... :(

Want.

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You have no idea how hard it was to keep my cool & "act" like it was hard to give that price. I was stoked!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by sbrouwers

Congrats on a hell of a find. I love antique stores!!!! Enjoy your new beast of a blade, and if you don't just let me know I will gladly give you what you paid and even pay for shipping.:w

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There is a comedian in every group!!:nono:

:dropjaw: WOW - nice find... great deal... sweet razor. Congratulations.



Edit: I was posting this as you posted part 2 - now your just tick'n me off!! :rant:

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Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

I'll give double, nay, Triple!

That's roughly what a GW&S in that condition is worth, right? Right?

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:rofl2::rofl2::rofl2::rofl2::rofl2::rofl2::rofl2:: rofl2:

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Originally Posted by shooter74743

You have no idea how hard it was to keep my cool & "act" like it was hard to give that price. I was stoked!!!!!!!!!

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I can just see that scenario.

"OH GOD, THAT'S ONLY 7.50?!"

"Uh, that's 75..."

"But the tag says.."

"75. Take it or leave it"


I woulda blown that one, that's for sure... But... Damn. Nice finds, man.

I almost didn't buy the second one (Wade & Butcher), but decided to see how it would hone up and shave. If I don't like it, you "may" see it in the classifieds...will see. Just put some stones in water...

If there is a part 3 could you save it for another day? I'm an old man and can't take to much exitment this early in one morning. ;);)

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Originally Posted by shooter1

If there is a part 3 could you save it for another day? I'm an old man and can't take to much exitment this early in one morning. ;);)

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I wish I could say there was a part 3, but I can't. I do have a local antique store that usually has quite a few SR's that could use restoring. I've thought about buying them up and re-selling them here on the classifieds just so that they can be put into use again. I could probably make money by putting them on the "bay", but more interested in seeing them get restored and put to use. Opinions, comments, ...? This store owner usually sells them around $15.00

cool finds... congrats

Just shaved with the Wade & Butcher, what a shave. I went directly from 12K Naniwa to the strop. Just got some Tabac in and used it for the first time as well. Nice stuff. I haven't shaved with such a heavy blade before and this thing just plows through the rough stuff with ease. I noticed that there is a lot less feedback thru the blade due to the weight and absolutely no flex. A person could get in trouble in a hurry if you weren't paying attention! No nics, just bbs. Now for the big boy. I'll probably hone it up today and maybe give him a run tomorrow.

I'm smiling even more now & haven't even started on the "prize".

Excellent! What a steal, and a great looking razor to boot!

Congrats :D

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Just shaved with the Wade & Butcher, what a shave. I went directly from 12K Naniwa to the strop. Just got some Tabac in and used it for the first time as well. Nice stuff. I haven't shaved with such a heavy blade before and this thing just plows through the rough stuff with ease. I noticed that there is a lot less feedback thru the blade due to the weight and absolutely no flex. A person could get in trouble in a hurry if you weren't paying attention! No nics, just bbs. Now for the big boy. I'll probably hone it up today and maybe give him a run tomorrow.

I'm smiling even more now & haven't even started on the "prize".

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From the 12k to a pasted strop, or just 12k to leather

12K to leather. Thought about the pasted strop, but took a chance & it paid off. I usually do include crox pasted strop, then leather.

I'm just trying to figure out people's honing methods... Currently I'm gravitating to one of two things... 12k finisher, pasted, strop done

or barber hone, leather, done

Step 1: Take bullet from between blade and scales.
Step 2: Place in revolver cylinder
Step 3: Point revolver at little toe
Step 4: Squeeze (don't pull) trigger
Step 5: Send me address of antique shop so I can make the 30 hour drive from northern VA to northern TX and get my hands on a few of those AMAZING finds while you're hobbling around and unable to beat me there.

Honestly Shooter, those are some AWESOME finds - be sure to enjoy them for all of us.

Unfortunately, the few finds I've made in antique shops up here so far have been painfully overpriced instead of wonderfully underpriced. For example, an Wm. Greaves & Sons 6/8 wedge with okay blade and completely shot scales for $50 firm... or a thrice nicked Soligen blade (can't remember maker, so it obviously wasn't a standout name) for $200 just because it had a gold wash design on it and scales they thought were ivory but were actually faux-ivory plastic.

Did the 9mm +P come with the blade?
If not, you got ripped off. ";"

Hang on!! N.E. Texas? Antique shop 100 miles away? You better not be sneaking over the border and snagging Okie razors!!:nono:

Hope the other one shaves as well as the first.:gl:

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Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

I'm just trying to figure out people's honing methods... Currently I'm gravitating to one of two things... 12k finisher, pasted, strop done

or barber hone, leather, done

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My normal routine is 12K, pasted, strop, shave. Haven't picked up a barber hone & really don't plan on it unless one falls into my lap like those two SR's. They are TX razors btw, I stay out of OK as much as I can. Same shop had a broken Heckels that a vendor wanted $49.95 FIRM. I wouldn't have given $.49 for it.

I KNOW I got lucky, thus having to brag a little!!

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Originally Posted by shooter74743

My normal routine is 12K, pasted, strop, shave. Haven't picked up a barber hone & really don't plan on it unless one falls into my lap like those two SR's. They are TX razors btw, I stay out of OK as much as I can. Same shop had a broken Heckels that a vendor wanted $49.95 FIRM. I wouldn't have given $.49 for it.

I KNOW I got lucky, thus having to brag a little!!

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Hey now, no need to be hateful. We have no problem sneaking over and snagging TX razors. Are you saying Okies have stronger stomachs than Texans?:rofl2:

Now quit screwin' around and give us a shave report on the IXL!!

Got the IXL honed, stropped on crox, then a lot of leather. Just no beard, have to wait till tomorrow for a report. Man, that is a chunk of blade stropping. It goes "plop" every time I hit the strop. Now that I have spent some time with it, I do think that I will clean it up more though. I'll keep the W&B like it is, but the IXL will end up getting a cleaning up one of these days. I'll wait a bit though so that I don't act on impulse or try to hurry it. That one deserves taking one's time on it...

Thanks for the input guys, I really appreciate it.

By the way, here was my shop mis-hap over the weekend, finially went out to the shop to recover my beloved blade. I think that this find of the IXL was the good Lord rewarding me for not saying his name in vane...I sure did let out a few choice words.

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Originally Posted by shooter74743

Ready for part II? Same store (it's about 100 miles away by the way), fifteen bucks:

Tang reads:

MANUFACTURED BY
WADE & BUTCHER
SHEFFIELD

Blade reads:
The Celebrated
HOLLOW GROUND RAZOR
FOR BARBER'S USE
circled "B", arrow, maltese cross
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shooter,

Nice score...Real nice. Congrats!!!