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!
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
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Whoever re ground it did a very impressive job.
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Grazor
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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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Those are really neat, and I bet they are beautiful shavers! What a collection!Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
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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
What is the second one up from the bottom with metal scales? That one looks pretty
Interesting!
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An old Fredrick Reynolds. Deeply reground. Minus notch so shorter.
Scales are Ern (USA) variant of Zepp and Ern Jr scales. German Silver.
I think stamped in Germany and assembled in USA. 1930's?
Silly contraption which turned out perfect. :D
No, that would border on blasphemy..Quote:
Originally Posted by Ols67
Indeed, an old wedge which is not rusted/honed/stropped to death should be left alone IMO.
The ones I have were probably done a century or more ago.
I tend to think the advent of the Hexe grinding machine in the 1890's likely contributed to this....
I've got a FBU that's been reground thin, like yours.
Actually... Its bellied. So maybe thinner than yours.
Rings on stone or face.
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That is likely the Hexe what done that! ;)
Yep, I've got one like that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by outback
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Mine sings on the stones, strop and face also Mike, and also bellied. Absolutely fabulous shaver. Mine still has the notch though. I have to be a little careful since the edge rounds the corner at the toe. It's almost as easy to get myself with it as a spike or Spanish point but it sure is handy for touch up and trimming around the mustache.
Edit: oh yeah, you can't see the stamp in the pics I posted but it's a W&B FBU also.
