Thread: Did Wade and Butcher ever ever make a blued razor

like the title says, did Wade and Butcher ever make a blued razor?
i recently came across a Wade and Butcher (yes, i did buy it) that seems to be blued, the blade looks very much like some of the older gun bluing that i have seen.

Could be a deep patina. I have some razors that looked blued, but are just old and have a nice patina.

the thing that makes me think that it could be is the fact that i have some with a lot of patina, and i havent ever had one that looked like it, i may be wrong though, but if it is patina, it a lot more than i have ever seen (in my short amount of experience). but anyways, here are some pics of it, maybe that will help

I would say Yes. see.
Mike

Old razors of silver steel had a high silver content. They will tarnish as does silverware in a bluish hue. I think this might be what you are seeing.

silver?
really?
wow, i never new
does this mean silver polish would work for this razor?
(silver polish is all i have at the moment, until i can get around to getting something else)

Silver steel contains no silver. Some of the literature going back hundreds of years made reference to silver steel with a tiny amount of silver in it but the silver steel in razors even from the 18th century was called that because when highly polished it looked like silver.

Old razors of silver steel had a high silver content.

In 1820, Michael Faraday discovered a way to add about 1/5 of 1% of silver to cast steel.
(He tried to discover stainless steel. And he did it, when experimented with nickel and cast steel. But at that time nobody needed this.)
After that, many companies used stamps "Silver Steel" or "Celebrated Silver Steel Razor" as advertising of the quality of their razors.
So, no, and there was no silver in the silver steel.

As I understood it, Faraday's silver steel was 2% silver and was used in razors, but I digress! I doubt the razor was blued, but could be wrong, as usual!! Patina, I believe. Matters not , I suppose!

yes i had couple of them