Thread: 3/4" J Drew and Son wedge

Has a lead wedge too. It is.... well, intimidating would be the right word I'd say. Pics!!

Great looking blade!

Ya know if it scares ya too much I can look after it for ya!
I used ta scare the boogey man outa my kids rooms so I can handle it
Mike

Am I nuts for wanting to keep the ivory scales as is and just tightening the pin? They are dead straight still. I scraped the active rust off the tang with a little piece of soft metal. Someone at some point in its past seems to have begun cleaning efforts as it has no pitting gremlins, thankfully. Or chips. I'd say it is a near wedge having had a closer look. And it is currently duller than a baseball.

Nothing wrong with keeping the scales... It is YOUR razor so if you like em...KEEP em!
(I would keep them also)

Nope, not nuts
If it were mine, I'd clean it up nice with Mothers, hone it and drive it like i stole it
JMHO of coarse
Mike

I'm just happy I found a clean one for once. Every time I see a wedge it is a w&b and it needs a regrind, has fine cracks running up from the edge (I saw one that had to be over an inch tall like that and it sucked), big chips and usually astonishing amounts of corrosion. Last one I saw had a crack through the barber's notch! How the hell do you crack steel that thick!

Well, in a world we cant appreciate, sometimes a straight razor was a handy "tool"
However, Congratulations on what appears to be a fine vintage wedge.
I believe Wade and Butchers to be excellent quality steel as i have a few and they are, but i do not believe they are the be all and end all of steel manufacturers. i have some more relative unknowns that are just as good IMHO and would now prefer them over the W&B as I find the history and diversity intriguing. Enjoy that beautiful blade !
Mike

Wow, nice tool! If it were mine I would definitely keep the scales on it. They appear from the pics to be in nice shape. Clean 'em up and shave away. Happy shaves!

Is one scale scalloped? the other not on purpose?

Nah, just some old damage.