Thread: bought a Wade and Butcher-Special. Info?

I was in an antique store the other day and found an old straight razor for 15$ It's a Wade and Butcher so I figured it couldn't hurt to pick it up. It's not in the greatest shape (some rust, etc.) but it's not dead so I will be sending it off to be honed/restored soon. Anyways, the guy didn't have much information on it. Any help figuring out when it might have been made etc. would be sweet. Figure, probably 1920-30's.

-Wade and Butcher
-Blade has a circled "B", the word "special" with an arrow going through it, and a cross.
-Tang is marked like so:
"Wade and Butcher
Sheffield, England
B >>>----> +" (circled "B" then arrow then cross)
-Honed out toe
-middle of the blade measures about 4/8
-Spike point

I will try and get pictures

I'm also guessing it's a full-hollow

I dotn have this peticular razor but i have a (celebrated medium size hollow) thats whats stamed on the blade. From W&B and it is a great razor w&b is my favorite brand. Thats the only razor i have and probly the only one i ever will have so nice score on that razor.

From what I can tell, the Specials were later along in the W&B production. Probably 1910-1920, based on the England in the stamp and just what I have seen of them. They are nice razors.

And yes, all the ones I have seen have been full hollow. I also haven't seen any as small as 4/8, I think they were typically 5/8 to 6/8. Does yours have a lot of hone wear all along the razor, or just at the toe? If it has a lot of wear all down it's length, it may not be worth the restoration (just have her honed up and remove any active rust). At least, thats my opinion.

Yeah they are good shavers

Dylan is dead on, they were late production full hollows

Here is mine

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...r-special.html

I own quite a few razors, I own exactly 2 Sheffield razors, most never much agreed with my face, one is the "Special" and I love that razor to death

So yes IMHO they are quite "special"...