Thread: Good day for razors!

5/8 Wade & Butcher "Special"
Sheffield, England
Zero hone wear
Pivot is snug
Good edge
Scales are plastic

7/8+ Wade & Butcher half hollow with barbers notch
Sheffield, Pre-1890
Zero Hone wear
Minor Stains
Pivot is snug
STILL SHAVES!!
Original Horn scales with Original washers (horn chewed up at the pivot)
Lead wedge
Came with original coffin

6/8 George W. Korn full hollow spike point
Little Valley NY
Minor Stains
Pivot is snug
Good edge
Transparent red plastic scales
Came with original case

4/8 Wade & Butcher half hollow with barbers notch (blade only)
Sheffield England
Almost no stains
Pivot is loose
Good edge
(This one I couldn't turn down, it's like....Baby's first Butcher!)

5/8 Union Cutlery "Spike" Near wedge
Olean NY
Minor stains
Some honewear, but even
Pivot is snug
Good edge
Transparent yellow plastic scales


The big Butcher was actually from an ebay score, but it arrived as I got home with the other haul. Every single one of these will be put in my rotation. I also gave the owner my name and number to tell me when they get new ones in. She was the sweetest older lady. She actually had me sit down with her and tell her the things that I look out for when I'm looking at the razors at every angle (edge, honewear, pivot, etc) and after about 5 minutes she thanked me and said, "Now I know what to look for when I pick the next batch up for you!" I thanked her and she even gave me 20% off without even asking about the price. I know we don't talk price, but each of these were less expensive than a Gold Dollar! Success!

Nice score and great price to boot. Those all look like they will be great shavers. Good haul for a trip to the Antique store.

Ordering The full norton set next week to put these back into action!

A 6/8 Geo. Korn!!! They are fantastic shavers, and it is very unusual to see one bigger than 5/8. He made many fine 4/8 razors. You might want to practice honing on a lesser blade and get that one professionally honed, IMHO. Congratulations on your finds!

Don't forget to post your photos after restoration.
Great score!

Originally Posted by Qatsats

Don't forget to post your photos after restoration.
Great score!

So far so good. This is the 7/8 W&B next to the 4/8 Baby Butcher after going up to 800 grit wet/dry by hand. The 7/8 has some deeper pitting towards the barbers notch but I think I can look past that as it shows the blades age.

I think I want to build these two as a matching set. Although I am having problems deciding on scale material. I'm interested in 3 mediums in no particular order

Amboyna Burl with brass/lead/brass stacked wedge. Brass pins/washers.

Zebrawood with Picasso Jasper wedge. Brass pins/washers

Translucent Buffalo horn with brass/lead/brass stacked wedge. Brass pins/washers.

Both will have the same style scale as the 7/8 had originally to upkeep tradition.

Any advice is welcomed, and thank you for the kind comments!

Lucky bastard, great haul though. Awesome you got the discount.

Nice score! Congrats and thanks for sharing

And....

This is somewhere at I believe 1400grit which is at about where I will leave it. I like the minor pitting....err character!

Tuesday/Wednesday....off to Dirtychrome for some streaked horn goodness!

A VERY good day indeed! Makes for a fun time.