Thread: Wada & Butler??

For what my two cents is worth ,I dont think thats a conterfit anything-its too nice,maybe its just a very rare one that hasent been seen yet. If you look at all the brands in the wiki you can see just how many there are there,and Im sure there are lots more that havent been seen yet. Great find,enjoy it

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I've got a couple of Joseph Smith and Sons that have horn scales with no wedge. As long as the blade centers I wouldn't try to straighten the warp. Pressed horn scales bring a premium BTW and those are beauties. Going by what I read in "Collecting Straight Razors" by Robert Doyle, I would say that is an early 1800s made piece. Looking at the straight scales and the shape of the tang.

Thank you for this info, I had not seen a wedge-less razor before. Very nice to have a qualified production date as well.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

BTW, just thinking out loud here, if the maker wanted to counterfeit a Wade & Butcher that would be what he would have attempted to stamp on the tang. When you see Wostenholm razors with "The original and only true pipe razor" or W&Bs with "The Original and Only True Bow Razor", they wrote that because of bootleggers knocking off their trademarks.

Of course, you are correct - I did not think of that.