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01-28-2015, 11:38 PM #1The First Cut is the Deepest!
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Expressly for Barbers!
We have all seen For Barbers Use blades, and even a few For Barbers Only, but have you ever seen a razor Expressly For Barbers?
May I present the only Butlers Expressly for Barbers I have ever seen!
Now who sees what I see that makes this really unique?
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01-28-2015, 11:43 PM #2Moderator
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As a guess I'd say the etching is usually on the other side of the blade. Nice size, BTW.
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01-28-2015, 11:53 PM #3Senior Member
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Damn... It's a salad of weird design cues. Unusual toe profile, reverse stamp and etch, it's a hollow ground, but the stabilizer is ground nice and out of the way for a change. I have a wedge butcher with that toe profile.
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01-29-2015, 12:00 AM #4Historically Inquisitive
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Since its stamped on the other side does it make it a left handed razor?
Originally Posted by Magpie
Lets see the other side!
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01-29-2015, 02:03 AM #5The First Cut is the Deepest!
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Heh, You got it Martin, the other side coming right up, and for the record, shes a solid 1" wide =)
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01-29-2015, 02:14 AM #6The First Cut is the Deepest!
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Shes Ambidextrous! Originally Posted by Martin103
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Nice!
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01-29-2015, 02:34 AM #8Senior Member
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Interesting. That one is weird. It makes me think that razors with an etching only on one side was supposed to be used with only one hand so you could see the etching in the mirror while shaving both sides of the face and that one was made to be used with both hands. Maybe since barbers mainly used only one hand the other razors were meant for them and this one for personal use, but the expressly for barbers is throwing me for loop. Nice find either way.
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01-29-2015, 02:37 AM #9Historically Inquisitive
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Very unusual, thanks for the pic, very cool razor! Originally Posted by Magpie
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01-29-2015, 02:41 AM #10The First Cut is the Deepest!
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My very first razor was a Butlers Keen back in 86. When I bought this one, I swore it would be my last. That was 2 years ago. You can guess how failed THAT resolution was. I really want to send it out to Undream for a proper restore, but I am thinking I cant wait, and want to shave with it soon.
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