Thread: Wade & Butcher Masonic - Info Please

Originally Posted by gardener55

I just acquired this particular straightrazor. My handle has some chips out of edges and I cannot tell if the handle is really old wood or bakelite.

Stay Sharp

most likely it is old HORN, that has simply dried out. A soak in Neatsfoot oil will not hurt bakelite, and will be of benifit to horn. I have no clue what it might do to wood. If you want to see how nice old horn can turn out, look for some of the restoration work done by Brad (undream)

Originally Posted by Wintchase

If I remember correctly the trowel, angle, and compass are the tools of a Master Mason...3rd degree. There is a long and tedious process in becoming a Maste Mason. there are three degrees, and all of the initiation is memorization handed down from mentor to craftsman until the aspiring mason can go through the ceremony on his own accord. Now saying that, it is a wonderful thing to become a mason and be part of a brotherhood whose intent is to do nothing more than make the community in which they live, a better one. They do this with no expectations of gratitiude, in fact it is quite the opposite in some communities.....But still they trudge ahead and go out and make differences to people around the world..If you would like to see an example, take a look at the Shriners.....They fund the Shriner Hositals for children all over the US and specialize in burn victums...Those Shriners are Masons (33nd degree)......Guys who want to make a difference, but do not want to blow their own horn or bring attention to themselves when the attention should be on the children....Real honorable if you ask me..

Indeed, I am an example of this. I was born with a hip out of an undeveloped socket and limped badly. As I was 3, the Shriners put me in a cast from the waist down and monitored my progress for a year. The socket developed, the cast came off, and I was the fastest little bugger on the playground. I always pony up and thank them as I can. Good men!