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12-28-2013, 11:05 PM #1barba crescit caput nescit
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Wade and Butcher 17/16 Anchor
Very happy to have found and acquired a Wade and Butcher 17/16 Anchor Straight Razor.
Yes!!
Here's the description I got:
Blade measures 17/16 (1"+).
Tang is marked WADE & BUTCHER with a very large Anchor.
The Anchor is the maker's mark for Birmingham, UK.
This means that the steel / razor originates in Birmingham, not Sheffield, UK where their factory was located.
Extremely rare. I have not seen another example of a Wade and Butcher razor from Birmingham.
The tang is a monkey tail, which is also unusual.
No chips or cracks anywhere on the blade.
The original scales are straight and smooth to the touch, with brass bulls eye pins.
Centers true and straight. The scales are straight.
This beauty is now on the way, will get cleaned up and potentially rescaled, will post the after pics.
Been looking for one of these for awhile, and this one was on my bucket list of razors.
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12-28-2013, 11:25 PM #2Moderator
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I don't have to say anything, do I Phrank?
"The sharpening stones from time to time provide officers with gasoline."
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12-28-2013, 11:27 PM #3barba crescit caput nescit
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It is for your Church coffers Your Eminence...
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12-28-2013, 11:28 PM #4Senior Member
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Omg omg omg drool worthy
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12-28-2013, 11:33 PM #5Moderator
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Thank you my child. You need not repent for your W&B avarice. It is an acceptable sin in the Church of the Steel Blade. A psalm might even be in the works sometime in the future extolling the worthiness of said brand.
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It is for your Church coffers Your Eminence..."The sharpening stones from time to time provide officers with gasoline."
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12-28-2013, 11:43 PM #6barba crescit caput nescit
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There's another Anchor razor that I've seen here that is very, very rare, seen one here posted before, the GB Anchor????
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12-29-2013, 12:12 AM #7Senior Member
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I saw this one, very nice. Congrats in the score.
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12-29-2013, 12:15 AM #8Senior Member
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+1 Originally Posted by Heespharm
I really love this.
Congrats.
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12-29-2013, 12:28 AM #9Senior Member
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Congratulations on a rare razor in surprisingly beautiful condition. Originally Posted by Phrank
My only lament is that, having survived in original condition for 150 + years, the new owner is going to take this museum piece and put a different set of scales on it.
OTOH, it is yours to do with as you will. Enjoy it.
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12-29-2013, 12:29 AM #10Senior Member
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he he he I have held one :<0) But I don't know where the vault is it's kept in. Originally Posted by Phrank
NIce anchor by the way.Good judgment comes from experience, and experience....well that comes from poor judgment.
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