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I imagine that's why there were so many razor makers in Sheffield or so to say..............

Yeah when I first worked with bone, they were thick, then I broke one so I made a duplicate then I made them thinner until I was satisfied but they are as thin as Ivory scales & strong too.

Phrank, I'm going to be making some more bone scales soon. I'm so glad I bought extra bleached white bone when I did because that seller hasn't had it for a long time now.
That's a beauty! How thin...

When honed & stropped correctly, they all should shave nicely but the more hollow a blade is, the more it will sing. I imagine the type of steel may make a difference. It just depends what you want....

I love FBU's but I also love the bow razors. My first straight was a bow straight razor.

I really love the way that Arrow razor looks so stunning above. It looks as new as this Boker Pearl I have:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor-clubs/20761-boker-brotherhood-76.html#post1683473
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Those are very nice Zak. I have a few Wade & Butcher's. You have a rather unique collection of 'em there. I love the Robert Wade's. Unfortunately, I have been outbid on any I ever bid on. :chapeau

The one I did in the bone is post 1155, or page 116 :)

Now that looks really gorgeous there Doc. I love it! I have one I made some bleached bone scales for & it is in here but quite a ways back but I made the scales very thin but strong like ivory & it...

+1 on that. I would go with the ivory. I have done some nice ones in bone also but if you have ivory available, I would go for that.

Very nice Doc, as ejmolitor37 mentioned, it looks brand new. Great score!

Yes Phrank, so right.

When one mentions Wade & Butcher, it is a reflection of the magnificent steel they produced in the day but so are many of the other makers who were all so closely knitted together in that area of the...

You're welcome buddy. I saw one a couple months ago on eBay & it was so worn out, the etch was half gone & the seller wanted around $200 BIN. I don't think he ever found a fool to buy it.

Thank you.



Yep, They came on it Phrank. I couldn't believe how nice of shape they were in when I got it last year.

ejmolitor37 is right, it's like they were in a time capsule.

The pics...

Here's one i'mm gonna clean up in the near future, a nice Masonic with a deep etch. I don't think the blade needs anything but some polishing. It has no wear, in fact it will shave still but not good...

Great score Phrank. You're da W&B King!
You should be able to clean it up. Yes, it does look like it has hardly any wear to it at all.

Early 1800's will work for me. I was making a guesstimation. Thanks ScinevceGuy.

They usually say Magnum Bonum along the top of the spine. I have one but I don't know who the maker is, it doesn't say. The tang is 9/16" wide right before the stabilizer. Mine is there but it...

Here's one I've had awhile but I don't think I ever posted it. On the beveled spine it says The Celebrated Fine india Steel & on the blade it says Diamond Edge Razor.

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BTW Phrank, awesome razor. That is a dream of mine to get one of those!
Oh boy, a rattler! I walked up on a big fat one in Arizona once at some old Indian ruins. It was on a trail that was hardly...

Yep, silver solder is strong & they use it to sweat copper lines together so it won't spring a leak. I remember using it in my dads electric shop also when regular solder wouldn't work.

Cool Andrew! Now you will have one similar. I have an old razor in Ivory scales I got but there is no makers mark on it. The Ivory is older than all of my other Ivory clothed razors. I have unpinned...

I agree, scrimshaw is terrible but with the thickness he has there, they can be sanded out, or whatever.

Andrew
I saw the scale thickness but looking at a side shot of those, they look like Ivory to me. Looks like a great score to me.