Thread: 8/8 Anchor Tang Wade And Butcher

No like 8/8 plus, preferably trampling it by quite a bit. I am up to like 11 or 12 now

Originally Posted by kcb5150

No like 8/8 plus, preferably trampling it by quite a bit. I am up to like 11 or 12 now

That's what my assumption was, but just wanted to be clear. I started down that road, but in recent years the prices have skyrocketed and I decided to part with most of my monsters. It's a vicious circle, I wish I still had them, but all the other toys I have now because of them make me just as happy.

I pick my spots very carefully. Only one that was a fortune was my dutch rattler. There was no avoiding it with that.

Greaves, elliot, savage (more of a back burner), marshes (magnum bonum most likely), tally ho, gb.... That is off the top of my head. Frederick reynolds as well i guess but I don't like their razors much so the price would have to be right

I do have an 8/8 elliot patent frameback as a stopgap

Originally Posted by kcb5150

I do have an 8/8 elliot patent frameback as a stopgap

This Rodgers Frameback has been one of my favourites....thought the belly on the tang would be a problem, but it turns out, pinched between the thumb and first finger, is actually superb for grip while shaving.



Love to see a pic of the Elliot Frameback....

It's a really great razor. I have been meaning to get it going again. I need to hone around a pit. It's a real daily driver sort of big razor. It has all the stiffness and the smooth steel from a sheffield wedge, plus the height that I find makes it easy to maintain angles, yet it's light for a razor with these properties. And it gives up a beautiful bevel. I quite like these sort of framebacks, some other types always seem to have very strange geometry.

Nice score! I always wanted a GB but could never win one. Maybe one of these days in the wild.
I have one or two I. Barber razors & there is a listing for I & J Barber (Isaac Barber & James Barber). I want to think this is where they may have originated. The founder was Isaac Barber in 1802 & had previously been apprenticed to a Kimberworth knife maker Andrew Skinner. He was granted his Freedom in 1811. The firm was listed in 1822 as a pen knife maker. When 1845 came along, the brothers were making spring knives & by the mid century their trademark was "ERA" but in my Tweedale's Directory, it says they used the trademark "James Barber" mostly on razors. Isaac died in 1854 & James died in 1859 & the firm was continued by James wife Harriet but after 1881 the business was passed down to her son Edward Barber but he passed away at the age of 37 in 1885. His widow, Mary Ann then took it over & in 1893 she took a man to court by the name of Manico for using the "Edward Barber" name. Come 1900 the firm I & J Barber was at Era Works in Wheeldon Street, Red Hill. Mary Ann passed away at age 50 in 1901 & left a nice fortune along with passing the firm to her son James. Before 1911, the Barber name/mark passed to Thomas Ellin in Sylvester Street. Barber's was listed in Sylvester Street as a part of Joseph Elliot until the 1970's
This firm passed through many hands during its history. It is still interesting to know whether the razors with I. Barber are in fact real. I think I might even have one that says J. Barber.

Originally Posted by kcb5150

Greaves, elliot, savage (more of a back burner), marshes (magnum bonum most likely), tally ho, gb.... That is off the top of my head. Frederick reynolds as well i guess but I don't like their razors much so the price would have to be right

Here's a 9/8 Freddy Reynold, The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor, For Barbers Use, only other maker I've seen at least, with this exact etch on the blade. It's acid etched rather than stamped, it's faded, but you can still see it (barely).

Here's a pic of it before the restore, only one I can find: