Thread: Super thick and heavy Wade & Butcher

So my buddy Val over at The Gentleman's Den came through for me again. Just received this monster piece of Sheffield steel. By far the thickest and heaviest razor I have thus far. Its a 13/16 Celebrated Hollow Ground Wade & Butcher with Black Mother of Pearl scales, toxic green kirinite wedge, and custom silver hardware. The pictures do absolutely no justice on how beautiful this razor really is.

Beautiful! I didn't even know there was such a thing as black mother of pearl but it all comes together nicely!

I just picked up that exact W&B blade last week and am working on a restoration project now - time to choose the material for the scales...

USAknifemaker has this material with so many great color combinations. I absolutely love it. It looks so much better in person. These pictures are rather disappointing to me.

Originally Posted by Suavio

Beautiful! I didn't even know there was such a thing as black mother of pearl but it all comes together nicely!

I just picked up that exact W&B blade last week and am working on a restoration project now - time to choose the material for the scales...

Very nice! Had coffee with Val the other day, he said that was a sweet blade - looks great! Will be a great shave, that blade will have spent some time on his new Escher stone, provides a really nice finish! Let us know how the shave is.

Congratulations!!!

This is my first razor from him since he started using the Escher stone. The edge looks amazing. I look forward to using it tonight. Will definitely keep you guys posted on the results

Originally Posted by Phrank

Very nice! Had coffee with Val the other day, he said that was a sweet blade - looks great! Will be a great shave, that blade will have spent some time on his new Escher stone, provides a really nice finish! Let us know how the shave is.

Congratulations!!!

Originally Posted by dexter90723

This is my first razor from him since he started using the Escher stone. The edge looks amazing. I look forward to using it tonight. Will definitely keep you guys posted on the results

You're in for a treat, I'd forgotton about his Escher and mentioned that the edge on a blade was especially "velvety", and he said yes, it would be the Escher, i could definitely tell the difference.

Ps. Thanks to JoelL for the excellent term, "velvety".

Did you finish it up yet and if so would you mind sharing pictures

Originally Posted by Suavio

Beautiful! I didn't even know there was such a thing as black mother of pearl but it all comes together nicely!

I just picked up that exact W&B blade last week and am working on a restoration project now - time to choose the material for the scales...

Wow. That is an amazing looking blade! The Black Mother of Pearl is my favorite color BLACK but with flair.

Originally Posted by dexter90723

Did you finish it up yet and if so would you mind sharing pictures

Still in progress I'm afraid (having only just got around to it this weekend). Here are some pictures of the work in progress - from raw bone (naturally cleaned and sun bleached for a few weeks) to blanks to shaped and thinned scales. Still have some shaping to do, then it's into the trannic solution and into the natural dye. Trying another pair overnight so will see how those turn out.

So the shape of the scales has come along nicely and I have fashioned a copper-lined horn spacer. All still needing some more fine work but have come to you good sirs for opinions... Based on these photos (bone, copper, dark horn) would you pin in steel or bronze?




I'm leaning towards steel because I feel that copper and bronze clash, visually speaking, but now that I think about copper and steel making contact I'm thinking brass might be a better option with regards corrosion?