Tell me what you can about this piece

**tjh1127** · 03-10-2011, 01:49 AM

I picked this up at a local antique shop for 30 bucks, just thought i was cool. what, if anything, can you guys tell me abuot it?

**Wintchase** · 03-10-2011, 02:23 AM

Definitely a straight razor....

**hi_bud_gl** · 03-10-2011, 02:41 AM

Originally Posted by Wintchase

Definitely a straight razor....

lol
it is . you got to give us name etc then we could say more.
swayback razor. gl

**Deerhunter1995** · 03-10-2011, 02:49 AM

May i ask what ur intentons are with this fine pice of steel, If you want to use it there are many members on here that can hone it right up but you will also need a strop.

**tjh1127** · 03-10-2011, 04:39 AM

Originally Posted by Wintchase

Definitely a straight razor....

what would i do with out you lol. I havent exactly decided my intentions. I did my own little bit of diggin and it seems to me anyway that this is not an actual "wonder master" the only pics of those i have found have the wonder master embroided right on the handle. this seems to be black plastic. also the other pics of wonder masters i have seen dont have the swooping shape to it, more straight. the sticker inside the box for kraut & dohnal dates the box to aroudn the 30's becuse from what i can tell that company was located at 325 s clark st chicago around 1935ish. the blade itself has a couple stamps in it. one is the word field, the other is a maltese cross like this one - Google Image Result for http://media.merchantcircle.com/3450386/maltese%20cross%202_medium.jpeg
im really curious what those story those stamps tell and what this thing may be worht, i guess once i learn that i would more deeply consider having it honed or not. thanks for the help guys.

**gugi** · 03-10-2011, 05:13 AM

Originally Posted by Wintchase

Definitely a straight razor....

dunno about that - looks pretty curved to me

with that pronounced of a hump on the shank and sway on the spine, as well as the size and shape of the shank it's most likely english.
and i bet it was reground - it's way too funky to have been made like this originally. the blade and the grind is very disproportional to the shank and the grind lines end abruptly.

**tjh1127** · 03-10-2011, 05:30 AM

Originally Posted by gugi

dunno about that - looks pretty curved to me

with that pronounced of a hump on the shank and sway on the spine, as well as the size and shape of the shank it's most likely english.
and i bet it was reground - it's way too funky to have been made like this originally. the blade and the grind is very disproportional to the shank and the grind lines end abruptly.

all this to me sounds like its not worth anything and just have it honed and enjoy it

correct?

**tjh1127** · 03-10-2011, 05:46 AM

im really curious about the stampings in the steel. the maltese cross was largely associated with nazis, which are german, so that leads me to believe that maybe it was stamped in germany, but thats just a guess. and the name field i cant find a single thing on.

**BKratchmer** · 03-10-2011, 06:01 AM

Originally Posted by tjh1127

im really curious about the stampings in the steel. the maltese cross was largely associated with nazis, which are german, so that leads me to believe that maybe it was stamped in germany, but thats just a guess. and the name field i cant find a single thing on.

First, it isn't a Maltese Cross-- Maltese Crosses are 8-pointed and have never been associated with German militaria...

Cross pattée - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That said, believe me, the weird assumption of people that everything Germany used from 1930-1946 was their own creation and absolutely associated with Hitler absolutely baffles me...

**BKratchmer** · 03-10-2011, 06:05 AM

With that bit of symbology out of the way:

What you have is likely a

Wade & Butcher
Sheffield
(B) ----> +

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