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Inspired in part by Outback's New Years Day SOTD, and the amazing razors featured in the thread about rare razors, I picked up my first Civil War era Wade & Butcher from Griffith. Figured I would use a photo of a family member, Thomas Rapp, GAR, killed fighting that war to put it into contextAttachment 316528.
Cheers.
Lovely razor. He does wonderful restorations and his prices seem reasonable.
Congratulations. I saw that beauty too during one of my frequent visits to Griffith.
Welcome to the club. Craig.
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Still haven't cleaned it up, yet.
What's your width, mines 7/8ths
That is very cool. Mine is 6/8ths.
What are the odds?
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Surely they were not mass produced? The scales are the same but the blades are slightly different. Glad to be able to join the club!
You betcha they were mass-produced! Looks like my blade and yours are same with that spine treatment Mike's does not seem to have?
Agreed. Is that spine purely for looks? Does it make the razor difficult to hone?
Yes, for looks. Does yours have it on the backside too?
They always hone fine for me.
Yes, its a pointed ridge along the top of the spine. BTW, that razor and brush on your SOTD are both beautiful.
They didn't have programmed machines cutting blanks, but the razors were still mass produced. Scales were stamped out of horn with a press. The blade grinding, honing, and the pinning of scales was done as quickly as possible to increase efficiency. Time was money! The amount of work done by hand would lead to more variations, but they were a mass produced product.Quote:
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That razor looks great by the way. That blade is polished so well it looks like liquid metal in the pic. :)
Thanks. It's great to learn about the history of these things.
Correct, Tom. No step in the spine, a bit more of a smile, and more of a hook in the tail, and a bit more meat, in the tang. Probably a thicker blade as well, from the looks of things. Definitely has some heft to it.Quote:
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