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03-22-2010, 04:05 AM #1Member
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Wade & Butcher Celebrated
I'm going to have to hit up the local antique shops a little more often! For $20 bucks, I think I did ok on this one. Now to start thinking about the endless restoration and scale options *sigh* Here's some pics:
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03-22-2010, 04:08 AM #2The Shell Whisperer
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Oh Boy... $20.00
If the seller ever knew. lol
Good catch and congrats.
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03-22-2010, 04:24 AM #3Member
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I KNOW!!! The razor was closed in the display case. Given the condition of the scales, I was expecting the blade to be rusted from tang to toe with pits like moon craters. When the sales person pulled it out and showed it to me, I just said "sold."
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03-22-2010, 04:38 AM #4Scale Maniac
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WOW! Great find! If you'll just give me your name and address I'll have a team sent over right away to take that off your hands while you sleep... I know it must be terrible burden to possess that razor... right?
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03-22-2010, 04:59 AM #5This is not my actual head.
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Wow. Great find!
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03-22-2010, 06:39 PM #6Member
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Feels a bit like stealing, doesn't it? I got mine for $40 and almost felt bad for it.
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03-27-2010, 04:59 PM #7Senior Member
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Ya stole it!!! LOL
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03-27-2010, 05:44 PM #8Senior Member
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You sure don't see many $20 W&B's in that good condition, most in that price range are rusty junk. I did manage to find a W&B Special at a local antique shop for $20 a while back in decent shape. Did a little cleaning, honed it up a bit and it shaves great....love those W&B's!
BTW, very good find.....Congrats!Last edited by DoughBoy68; 03-27-2010 at 05:47 PM.
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03-28-2010, 01:50 AM #9Senior Member
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I actually bought an identical WB Celebrated in beautiful condition today at a local antique store. No pitting and the scales were perfect. The guy had it tagged for $25cdn but told me $20cdn was good. It's a 7/8" and after a little polish looks new. I'll post pics later.
He had a few bokers for the same but had too much hone wear to useLast edited by burns420; 03-28-2010 at 02:08 AM. Reason: Spellcheck changed some words
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03-28-2010, 04:07 AM #10Senior Member
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Nice blade ! Just out of curiosity ... are the scales cracked at the pivot or anywhere else ? What I'm getting at is, I would rather have an old W&B in original scales with chips and bug bites if they are not cracked at the pivot than in new non original scales. Obviously YMMV. Originally Posted by jseitz76
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