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04-19-2010, 03:24 AM #1all your razor are belong to us
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Customized Wade & Butcher from 130 years ago...
Went to the antique stores today and ran into this guy. A 5/8 W&B near wedge. Interesting thing was that this guy looks like it was customized over 100 years ago! The owner many generations ago seemed to like this razor and kept it going using his customizations.
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04-19-2010, 05:00 AM #2The Great & Powerful Oz
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Looks like that one has weathered well... & you struck gold
The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.
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04-19-2010, 11:21 AM #3Senior Member
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Great find!
I have a few that show repairs through the ages. I love the history in them. Aren't antique shop finds just GREAT?! 
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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04-19-2010, 01:29 PM #4Brad Maggard
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This post reminded me of one of hoglahoo's razors that he sent me to do some work on.
The scales had been trashed and cracked in the pivot area, but, the cleverness of one individual prevailed.. he took two strips of tin from an old tin box, and wrapped each scale at the pivot with it, and punched a hole through them.
unfortunately they were about falling apart when I got them, but, you can see the pieces of tin in this pic:
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