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    Default Any Special Collector Status?

    I have this Wade and Butcher straight that I recently honed up and enjoy shaving with. I noticed, though, that the Wade & Butcher mark is off-center, almost off the razor!

    Often such "defects" make an older item more "collectible."

    I'm NOT asking about appraisal, money-value, or the like. I'm just asking whether this razor, with this unusual mis-stamp, should be perhaps cared for a little more closely as a rarity or more collectible razor. I like "using history" but when I know I have something a little rare, i like to devote just a bit more care to it. On the other hand, if this is nothing special, that's fine too!

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    Defective, I'll give you two dollars for it if you pay the shipping.

    Edit; Just goes to show you the practicality of people back in those days. A glitch such as that mis-stamp didn't stop them from marketing the razor.
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    If they had accidentally stamped "Filarmonica" on it, then you'd really have something.

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    Applies to coins and stamps but not razors. If anything it is worth less.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye5 View Post
    Applies to coins and stamps but not razors. If anything it is worth less.
    Agree. Additionally, in looking for just the right W&B over the past few months, I've noticed that a pretty significant number have been poorly centered or poorly angled to different degrees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tuxedo7 View Post
    Agree. Additionally, in looking for just the right W&B over the past few months, I've noticed that a pretty significant number have been poorly centered or poorly angled to different degrees.
    Case Bros pocket knives are notorious for sloppy tang stamps IME. Those folks back then could have never imagined that people would be collecting this stuff and speculating on the nuances of grinds, shapes, scales and nomenclature.
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    my vote is for "regrind" I bet that used to be a fat 'ol wedge before it was turned into a hollow.

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    I've seen this on a lot of W&B. My guess is that they made a LOT of blanks for one design, then re-tooled them to make smaller razors-- leaving the stamp ****eyed or barely on the tang. Enough W&Bs are perfectly centered to lead me to believe this is "intentional" historicity rather than a QA problem at the Butcher Works.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magpie View Post
    my vote is for "regrind" I bet that used to be a fat 'ol wedge before it was turned into a hollow.
    That makes a lot of sense because that stamp is waaay off.

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    Default Yep, it's defective

    Lawson,

    I think you should just send it to me. It's obviously defective and you probably shouldn't put the blade to your face

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