So a Wade & Butcher and Filarmonica 14 got together and had a baby…

1 and 1/8 inch Wade & Butcher FBU!

Quintessential Sheffield Steel with a very symmetrical and outrageous grind that gets wickedly thin at the edge! It’s a crisp and clear singing blade that is an instant
favorite!

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With 'Barber's Use' on the tang it is a FBU wedge which was reground. The absence of the notch is typical as the thin grind would not support it.
Nice Hot-rod razor, that!

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

With 'Barber's Use' on the tang it is a FBU wedge which was reground. The absence of the notch is typical as the thin grind would not support it.
Nice Hot-rod razor, that!

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Thanks! I guess I collect reground Sheffields…here is a non-FBU with the barbers notch, but it it is only about 7/8, and not quite as thin…though it’s close enough to sing, and is also a miracle shaver!

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Whoever re ground it did a very impressive job.

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Originally Posted by Grazor

Whoever re ground it did a very impressive job.

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That’s what I thought on both of these…sadly, I don’t know who reground either of them. If I did, I would have almost all of my Sheffield wedges or near wedges reground!

Vr

Matt

Impressive is indeed the right word here. A blade that large with such a thin grind...
Very cool.

Seems the factories actually did some. Cutlers/experienced grinders were common back when.

I suppose as the experience and learning curve was acquired, The old strop-worn wedge was a perfect blank canvas.
I always tried to buy them.
Some of what I still have..

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

Seems the factories actually did some. Cutlers/experienced grinders were common back when.

I suppose as the experience and learning curve was acquired, The old strop-worn wedge was a perfect blank canvas.
I always tried to buy them.
Some of what I still have..

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Those are really neat, and I bet they are beautiful shavers! What a collection!

Vr

Matt

Thanks, Matt! An example such as yours is exemplary.
It could have been a more contemporary grinder as well. Looks sweet.
Enjoy!

They always shave great. Not much hone wear on some since regrind.
A few I have were fails after regrind I think. Got too hot at the edge.
Brought them past that and they worked well.

The 3rd one down is a Skinner from 1815-1819

Talk about comparing to a Filarmonica. That one smokes mine. Or does it? :D

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

Thanks, Matt! An example such as yours is exemplary. Enjoy!
They always shave great. Not much hone wear on some since regrind.
A few I have were fails after regrind I think. Got too hot at the edge.
Brought them past that and they worked well.

The 3rd one down is a Skinner from 1815-1819

Talk about comparing to a Filarmonica. That one smokes mine. Or does it? :D

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What is the second one up from the bottom with metal scales? That one looks pretty
Interesting!

Vr

Matt