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08-30-2014, 09:42 AM #1Senior Member
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Wade & Butcher FBU square point
Just bought this Wade & Butcher FBU with a square point on ebay. It looks like it's in very nice condition and the square point looks original as I don't think the blade has been shortened. The ad said that it's a 7/8 wide blade. I have a feeling it's a little bit bigger than 7/8. I will see if my feeling is right when it arrives. I'm planning to keep it all original. Just want to clean up the scales, polish the blade a little bit and hone this chopper.
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08-30-2014, 10:40 AM #2Senior Member
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It certainly looks bigger than 7/8, if it not its short
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08-30-2014, 11:57 AM #3Senior Member
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Very nice, it does look slightly shorter imo but still a cracking find.
Originally Posted by Substance
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08-30-2014, 12:10 PM #4Shave This
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Very nice. The scales are in good shape, I love that shape, and those washers are excellent.
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08-30-2014, 12:36 PM #5Senior Member
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It could be that the razor has been made a couple of mm shorter. But still, I love that shape of the tip. As long as it has been shortened properly it will be allright.
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08-30-2014, 03:27 PM #6barba crescit caput nescit
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Ha Ha Ha....ahem...Ha Ha! Originally Posted by Substance
Was looking at that, very nice spike point, and of course Substance, I have a few of those!
It's a 7/8 for sure...a neatsfoot soak for the scales and a good honing and it looks good to go...it will sing you a sweet song when you use it.Substance likes this.
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08-30-2014, 05:05 PM #7Razor Vulture
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It was reground from a wedge long ago. As they got thinner, the barber's notches were pretty much done, so some were square-pointed by the grinder, winding up shorter. Best shavers ever.
I have 2 which have been reground from wedges to different levels. This one has been lightly reground so that the notch remains.
Shaved with it this morning. Silly sharp and smooth. The shorty one was reground super-thin. It was given a more rounded-point. I shortened the scales at the top. It sings like a bird!
Last edited by sharptonn; 08-30-2014 at 05:17 PM.
"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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08-31-2014, 03:46 AM #8
It looks a little shorter to me by looking at the spine. It definitely looks shorter closed in the scales! I could be wrong though.
Last edited by engine46; 08-31-2014 at 04:09 AM.
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08-31-2014, 03:52 AM #9Razor Vulture
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I am certain you are right. It is! The grinders freehanded this work, I think. The ends probably got ground thin as to leverage, I feel. The barber's notches had to go. Originally Posted by engine46
Hence we see lots of the old wedge ones with regrinds, no barber's notches, and scales seeming too long. The more the grinder got carried away, the shorter they got, I suppose!"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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08-31-2014, 05:45 AM #10
I have nine FBU's.....................well, one of them is a Barbers Rattler. It's a near wedge with a barbers notch!
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