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12-19-2021, 04:45 PM #1Junior Member
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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
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12-19-2021, 06:22 PM #2Razor Vulture
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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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12-19-2021, 06:44 PM #3Junior Member
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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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12-19-2021, 06:55 PM #4Truth is weirder than any fiction..
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Whoever re ground it did a very impressive job.
Into this house we're born, into this world we're thrown ~ Jim Morrison
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12-19-2021, 07:04 PM #5Junior Member
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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! Originally Posted by Grazor
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12-20-2021, 12:03 AM #6Senior Member
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Impressive is indeed the right word here. A blade that large with such a thin grind...
Very cool.
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12-20-2021, 12:54 AM #7Razor Vulture
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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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12-20-2021, 01:01 AM #8Junior Member
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Those are really neat, and I bet they are beautiful shavers! What a collection! 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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12-20-2021, 02:36 AM #9Razor Vulture
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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?
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12-20-2021, 02:45 AM #10Junior Member
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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?
What is the second one up from the bottom with metal scales? That one looks pretty
Interesting!
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