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I have plenty of "character" in most of mine, too, but this one was bought to be my representative big W&B, and as such, I want it to look nice. I've decided to send it off to get fixed up. Thanks...

Worth custom work if the best it can get is this? (In your opinion)

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Thanks Glen. It's hard to see in the pic, but there's partially sanded out pitting from the line where the blade enters the scales up to the spine on both sides. It's faint, but there, and consistent...

Thanks for the advice Pixel. I'm afraid most tool marks are long gone on this one. No more forced patina, though.

It arrived today. Wow, fast shipping! This razor will be rescaled. The heel extends below the scales, and the wood at the wedge end has a whittled look to it. That's fine; I wanted to rescale it...

Ah, I see. Nice. Hmmm... options. If I had all the skill needed (a big if), I'd try to save the stacked washers, make a pair of horn scales from the horn I have laying around waiting to be...

Carl, you mean like TI scales? I saw that Max did one like this a little while back with pointed scales. I like the design, but always associate those with TI. Whenever I think of a big WB with nice...

I'll clean it up a bit and try it out first either way. I appreciate the work that went into fixing up the scales, but I think this kind of razor should be a little more of a anchor in the collection...

I picked this old girl up tonight:
Old Wade & Butcher Barbers Straight Razor 8/8+ Two Tone Scales | eBay
Are any of you gents the seller?

I plan to rescale it of course.

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