Thread: Wade & Butcher Ottoman Egyptian and Royal Windsor Razor

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Nobody fakes junk.

I do hope you plan to clean it up nicely. No offense to anyone but my personal view, for right or wrong, and no value judgement on dissenting opinions is what some call "patina," I call "dirty, rusty old crap."

I just simply don't understand why you wouldn't want it to look as nice as it could. YOMD

So you're making a great point and I hear you.

If this was your razor what would you do with it and how would you choose to restore it.
Do you believe in the "Holy Grail" hoopla or would you put it in the SOTD rotation.

Just collecting thoughts

I haven't restored anything yet, I have some pins & washers on order and a pre made scale but when I do manage to restore razors nicely, and i will because guys here do it really well and there's nothing stopping me from learning how to do it too. Anything I restore and keep will go into my rotation. Unless i end up with a hundred razors I don't see the point of just putting them somewhere to look at occasionally.

So the razor showed up today. I think the fastest that I've ever received anything from the bay.
5 minutes with a toothbrush and some 3M Marine Metal Restorerer & Polish and here were the results.

With most of the crud removed it had a pretty thin shiny bevel (based on what i've read here). Correct me if I'm wrong. Some hone wear the the top that of course I don't like. There is an ever so slight chip in the blade towards the heel. The blade measures at 7/8 but because of the curve it's hard to always get a solid read. The pins appear to be brass (because of color) and the scales appear to be wood. Some of the dark areas are rough to the touch, especially on the back of the blade. There will probably be some pitting left over. The blade sits center in the scales but there is some play at the pivot. All in all it's pretty solid. If there's anything that I missed in the description please let me know.

Thanks in advance - Cheetah Meat

Now for the pics

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I'm still waiting to see even a single fake vintage razor...

Here you go Maybe I should have used the word forgery. For all intents and purposes yes it is a REAL straight razor...lol