Thread: Wade & Butcher FBU????????

Picked this up today in a little town called Fergus. The owner had just put it on the shelf, $15 so I snatched it up. Now here's the fun part, I believe it's one of those old regrinds Sharptonn was talking about in a recent thread. It's also lost a lot of the makers mark, but just enough to give a hint at what this razor is. I believe it to be a Wade & Butcher, for barbers use. What do you guys think???? You can just catch the last few letters on the tang.



The scales, domed washers, wedge are all in great shape. I think this one will get a 3 day bath in NFO, MMP on the washers and blade and honing on my Y/G VTH from Hatzicho.

Looks like a very well done re-grind.
From the picture it looks like a small ridge/grind line at the shoulder.
This looks like it will clean up to be a very interesting razor.

Thanks for sharing...please show us the "after"

Originally Posted by MJC

Looks like a very well done re-grind.
From the picture it looks like a small ridge/grind line at the shoulder.
This looks like it will clean up to be a very interesting razor.

Thanks for sharing...please show us the "after"

I will for sure!

Yeah it looks like w&b fbu

I would agree with it being a W&B fbu. Dont see them squared off very much, normally they tend to have a barbers notch.

Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

I would agree with it being a W&B fbu. Dont see them squared off very much, normally they tend to have a barbers notch.

It looks like maybe it has been shortened past the barbers notch. But I'm no pro on identifying this sort of thing.

After some mothers.....


I suppose it doesn't really matter what it use to be, cause it's not that anymore. Nonetheless, she'll shave well I'm sure.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

3 day bath in NFO, MMP on the washers and blade and honing on my Y/G VTH from Hatzicho.

Andrew, please enlighten this old fart on your abbreviations of NFO, MMP Y/G VTH Hatzicho. My brain is currently on hiatus till after dinner.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

Andrew, please enlighten this old fart on your abbreviations of NFO, MMP Y/G VTH Hatzicho. My brain is currently on hiatus till after dinner.

With all this abbreviation talk on that one thread, I was hoping someone would call me out. The little kid in me thought it was funny.
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And yup, that definitely looks exactly like the tang stamp on one of my FBU's....exact one as a matter of fact I mentioned as well to Sharpton, I have one that is a wedge, and another that is hollow ground...and from the looks of it, your's was a spike point that was muted...beautiful find.

Phrank, do you think this was the original grind?

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

With all this abbreviation talk on that one thread, I was hoping someone would call me out. The little kid in me thought it was funny.
Neats foot oil
Mother's Mag Polish
Yellow/Green vintage thuringian



Phrank, do you think this was the original grind?

I think it is the original in the sense that it has been re-ground like this one, but as I was mentioning to Sharpton, I have two of these FBU's, one is a wedge and the one like yours is a hollow...here's the one ( a hollow grind) that I have that looks like yours only with the spike point not muted...I'm sure it's the same type of blade.