Thread: Latest addition

Found this Wade and Butcher on my latest hunt. The horn scales have seen better days but the blade is in good shape despite the surface rust. It looked older than some of the others I have and I haven't found one like it before so I figured Id get it.

Figured Id show it off and see if anyone could help give me some background on it.

Thanks

very nice love the grind
that should come up a real treat
aged some where between 1838 & 1901 depending on if it is a WR or VR stamp

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...mp-before.html

Compliments of Zak - Voidmonster

Wade & Butcher had an incredible number of stamps.

The 'R' in GR, WR, VR, ER and GR again stands for Rex (or Regina, in the case of Victoria). It's Latin for king (Rex, that is -- Regina is the feminine form).

In my experience, Wade & Butcher didn't use the VR stamp much beyond 1850. Just because of the length of her reign, the great majority of Wade & Butcher razors are technically Victorian though.

And while George was preceded by another George, the crown stamps do not appear to have been put into use until the 1820's.

The dates are:

GR (George IV): 1820-1830
WR (William IV): 1838-1837
VR (Victoria): 1837-1901
ER (Edward VII): 1901-1910
GR (George V): 1910-1936 (I've actually seen a 7 day set of razors from this reign with a GR stamp, and I have a Joseph Rodgers ink eraser likewise stamped).
ER (Edward VIII): 1936-1936 (yes really -- January to December)

I doubt there are any razors with Edward VIII's stamp, and beyond him they're monarch stamped razors are pretty unlikely.

Thanks Substance.

As far as I can tell its a "VR" because of the location and sizing of the lettering. So its somewhere between 1837-1901.

VR it is. gotzskillz is correct according to the centering of the initials. I think Substance or Zak made an accidental misprint. WR (William IV) was from 1830-1837. I have three or four of those. Sh*t, maybe it's just me!