Thread: Wade & Butcher find

Found a decent looking W&B at a local antique shop this weekend. Cleaned it up a bit and just took it out of an oil bath for the horn scales... they rejuvenated nicely. Not sure which model it is, only says the brand and something below which is so worn I can't tell... though I think there is an iron cross emblem. The blade is nice and straight with no chips/pits..just a lot of tarnish, and it appears there was a gold wash on the tang at one time. Overall, not too bad for $30 I think. Hope that it hones up nicely!

I have its brother. A nice shaving blade and i do like the shape on my face. It is as nice a shaver as most any razor i own. May not be a one pass rocket but with a good honing it give a very mellow shave.
Get it Professionally honed if you don't feel that you can give a perfect edge. Honed mine 4 years ago and a bit of stropping on occasion when it is back in rotation and I am satisfied.
~Richard

I'll probably give it a shot myself first before sending it out... I've been getting consistently good results with my coti over the past several months... just need a bevel setting stone to speed up the process! I hope to get one soon, but haven't decided yet which one I want to go with. So perhaps, I'll await that before doing anything with this razor.

Still can't believe I found it... first W&B I've even seen in person! I've heard many great things about these razors, and can't wait to give it a shot.

Try a very thick slurry on your Coticule. and slowly add drops of water (Diucot) as you progress. That bevel isn't half bad, there is little hone wear so the geometry is good and it may come back quickly to shave quality.
~Richard

I haven't tried the dilucot method yet, as I've always went with the unicot method. It's worked great every time I've used it and I was able to set bevels on a couple razors that way. I'll have to read up on the dilucot method a bit to see how it differs. Thanks for the advice!