Thread: Wade and Butcher For Barbers Use WR - a rare one

Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

This is the first one of these I have seen. I know Zak has an even earlier For Barbers Use (Barber John Barber), but this is the earliest explicit one that I have, coming from 1830-37. Stamped "Magnetic Razor"; indeed a magnet does stick to it, but so too to a number of other razors, so I'll assume for now it was just a gimmick. It's hard to tell from the pictures but obvious once in hand, that this razor has actually been reground; the job was fantastic and just left a little wave in the finish on both sides, but it is not quite the original undisturbed finish that I was hoping for. Well, I still can't say that I'm not 100% satisfied with this one though. An amazing piece.

ScienceGuy, very nice piece & very interesting, I like it a lot!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Somehow, I think there are two interpretations of a 'fiver' here!

Abe's on his way up and Wade's on his way over.

Mike ROCKS!!

Originally Posted by Wullie

Abe's on his way up and Wade's on his way over.

Mike ROCKS!!

Guys, hope you don't get TOO old ....... I had to read that 3 times before I figured it out ! ..........

Originally Posted by Wullie

Abe's on his way up and Wade's on his way over.

Mike ROCKS!!

WooooooHoooo!

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Guys, hope you don't get TOO old ....... I had to read that 3 times before I figured it out ! ..........

Same here!

Crikey Wullie.......I have $6 loose change in my pocket once you get bored with it...

Originally Posted by Grazor

Crikey Wullie.......I have $6 loose change in my pocket once you get bored with it...

Hey we might be onto something, we can call it the fi' dollah pass around razor.

That would only work until I got my hands on it. But... HELL YEAH... har har.

Fine India steel, magnetic razor, for barbers use, with a W R Crown, fantastic find for sure, very unusual, great find!

Thats said im having a really hard time with the regrind, the etch on the blade looks better then the one on the tang! if the whole face of the razor had a regrind job the stamp on the blade would be affected, i dont see any evidence of that at all.JMHO

Originally Posted by Grazor

Crikey Wullie.......I have $6 loose change in my pocket once you get bored with it...

Originally Posted by Wullie

Hey we might be onto something, we can call it the fi' dollah pass around razor.

Yeah, it cots more than that just to send a priority box!

Originally Posted by Martin103

Fine India steel, magnetic razor, for barbers use, with a W R Crown, fantastic find for sure, very unusual, great find!

Thats said im having a really hard time with the regrind, the etch on the blade looks better then the one on the tang! if the whole face of the razor had a regrind job the stamp on the blade would be affected, i dont see any evidence of that at all.JMHO

Shhhhhh, Martin! Wullie has it all sorted!