Thread: Christmas for my son

My husband purchased a straight razor 40 years ago as an antique. It is a Wade and Butcher's Celebrated Razor. The blade says manufactured by Wade & Butcher Sheffield. My son told us he would like one for Christmas. We want to give him my husband's, but would like to know something about it as we give it to him. Can anyone tell me anything, such as date, etc., of this razor? Any help is greatly appreciated!

If your son wants a straight razor to use some pictures of the blade it self will help use let you know if the razor is still useable.

Wade and butcher is a good name in straight razors and produced excellent shavers.

That is a very nice razor from a very famous company. For various reasons I would bet it was made between 1850 and 1880s. W&B probably made a couple of million of them in their time of production. I shave with a few different W&B models quite happily.

If your son wants to put that razor back into service show him our website and our 'beginner's guide' here.

I certainly will! This site is amazing and I'm learning so much. Thank you for your help!

Well I would have it honed and cleaned up a bit looks perfect though, look on srp classifieds under member services anybody with a high number of posts has been around awhile and will treat u right as well as most members in the member services area..

I'd look into contacting some of the old guys here that do high quality restorations and bring this beauty back to it's original working condition!

Originally Posted by Airportcopper

Well I would have it honed and cleaned up a bit looks perfect though, look on srp classifieds under member services anybody with a high number of posts has been around awhile and will treat u right as well as most members in the member services area..

OOOH I GET TO SHARE!! I'd be hesitant to make a decision based on number of posts alone! Read this thread, shown to me by our good friend Jimmy

http://straightrazorpalace.com/conve...ost-count.html

I looked into ur theory about posts, i guess outside the member area posts may count for nothing, but in the member services area when u have guys like gsixgun and lynn.with high numbers of posts i would say there some of the best older guys lol..

can anyone give me an idea of the age of this razor or how to go about dating it?

You can tell by the stamping on the tang. To me it's pre 1885, if i'm remembering correctly, i'm no Sheffield expert but pretty sure anything after 1885 states 'Sheffield, England'. The lack of England on the tang contributes to supporting the age of the razor. If you use the google custom search at the top right you'll find some info on it.