Thread: Never Seen Any Wade & Butcher Special's Like This....................

I saw these a couple weeks ago so I put 'em in my saved list. Then my buddy Willisf wrote me a pm sending me a link asking me if I had seen these. I saw it & my jaw dropped because I wondered who else had seen 'em. Anyway the day came & my sniping worked out rather well. There weren't any bids on 'em the whole time & it seemed rather unusual. I had them set to go & I sniped 'em for $127.50, only two bids! I couldn't believe it. I have never seen any Wade & Butcher Special's with an "improved tang" on them like these. As you can see the tang is slightly longer on them plus they have Ivory scales. I was afraid they would have some broken scales because the seller did not show each one with both sides of them but with the "improved tang" on 'em, if I won them for the right price, it would be a good deal & since Willis also saw them, I told him we would work something out. It all worked out in our favor & they showed up today finally. The tracking said they were out for delivery yesterday & when they didn't show up, I checked the tracking again & it said delivered but they sure didn't get delivered here so I was P'd off! I called the main post office for the whole USA which I have had to do before because my branch is always delivering things to the wrong address. I get other people's mail here all the time.
Anyway, I'm so glad I got 'em & that the scales weren't broken. They were from a seven day set or maybe different because three of them say Curley NY "Aristos" on 'em. There are two that don't say anything on the blades & they are Sunday & Monday. The other three are Wednesday, Thursday & Friday so I don't know if they came from a collectors estate & if they are from two different sets. The Sunday & Monday are actually between 11/16" & 6/8" but the other three are 6/8".

Such a sweet deal....hard to pass up on. Don't come across stuff like these every day. I'm glad you got em!
I'm also very, very glad you actually received them safe and sound. I know for a fact someone at USPS would be awfully sorry if they did not find them.
They will be mighty fine shavers!

Nice.. yes realy nice.

Very nice Steve, not often you see Ivory that old with no damage.

Originally Posted by Grazor

Very nice Steve, not often you see Ivory that old with no damage.

Ever seen any like that with a longer tang also?

Originally Posted by engine46

Ever seen any like that with a longer tang also?

Can't say I have, maybe some of the more senior members have some info. What does it say on the tang?

Originally Posted by Grazor

Can't say I have, maybe some of the more senior members have some info. What does it say on the tang?

You can see it in the last pic........."Improved Tang"
I have a couple of them & they don't say that. I have never seen any that look like these before.
I'll have to find my others or at least one of them & show them together.

Well done Steve very nice set you snagged there.
Cheers Paul

My congratulation, nice find!

Brilliant score Steve!