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Thread: Scary Wade & Butcher
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05-04-2010, 12:07 PM #1
Scary Wade & Butcher
Is it just me or do most W&B's look like they were made for, well.. butchers? To me most appear to belong to collections dating from the Spanish Inquisition. Compared to their contemporaries they are just plain scary looking. I have a wonderful "normal looking" 5/8 round nose W&B (picture attached) that's one of the best shavers I own but it must be from their "Wimp Design Collection"
Any comments?
Pelkey
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05-04-2010, 02:24 PM #2
I like them for their non traditional looks I've always been a bit off track anyway
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05-04-2010, 02:34 PM #3
Off track...
Seems like anyone that uses straight razors in today's world is a little bit "off track"... God bless for that.
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05-04-2010, 02:36 PM #4
There is no better-looking razor design than the mid-19th Century barber'-notch Wade & Butcher, in my opinion. They are the finest combination of elegance and strength I've come across in approximately 250 vintage razors. This picture is my favorite profile.
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05-04-2010, 02:40 PM #5
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05-04-2010, 03:52 PM #6
They are a very old company and have been making razors of all designs and are probably most famous for the old wedges. In general I think their razors are like any others, nothing scary about them. It's just a tool.
No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero
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05-05-2010, 02:41 AM #7
Ya know, ya'll could just be right. Maybe the thing for me to do is confront this thing head on (or face on as may be the case). I do admit the barber's notchs do have a neat look. I think I'll start looking for a 7/8 hollow with barber's notch. Hey worse case scenario is that I might have to suffer through a great shave.
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05-05-2010, 03:40 AM #8
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Thanked: 3795Ya think W&B's are scary look'n?
I'll show ya a scary look'n W&B!
Now just shut an enjoy yer shave!
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05-05-2010, 03:43 AM #9
Ron, you need to get a higher grit stone.
It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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05-05-2010, 03:44 AM #10
Please keep the side burns even.
Pelkey
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