Thread: Oddball W&B

I love these kinds of repairs.

Here is a wrapping job of my own.

I tried to get a club started called Rat Razors but there wasn't much interest! http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...at-razors.html

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

I love old fixes like that! I've got a William Allen with the 'cowboy hunting buffalo' scales that's literally held together with twine.

As for your W&B there, that is probably a regrind. A good one by the look of it. C.P. Wayne & Sons were a fine goods maker & importer in Philadelphia around 1845, which is too early for a blade that hollowly ground (at least I think it is).

Zac,

You might be onto sump'n with that regrind remark. This is one of those razors that just seemed like there was something there that wasn't "as it should be". Whoever re-ground it did a really smooth job.

Here's two pics of the backside heel. There are grind marks that don't appear to match the original tang finish and would be along the lines of marks that would be left after a re-grind.

Originally Posted by Wullie

Zac,

You might be onto sump'n with that regrind remark. This is one of those razors that just seemed like there was something there that wasn't "as it should be". Whoever re-ground it did a really smooth job.

Here's two pics of the backside heel. There are grind marks that don't appear to match the original tang finish and would be along the lines of marks that would be left after a re-grind.

I'm not automatically averse to period regrinds. I've got an 1840's Fenney that was reground paper thin. So thin it's got a little bit of a belly in the grind from the second concaving. I never would have done that to a blade personally, but I'll be damned if it isn't one of my best shavers.

It still would've been nice to have it in its original, quarter-inch-thick wedgy goodness.

Oh well, for 20 bucks delivered it wasn't too bad a thrashing. lol

Originally Posted by Wullie

Oh well, for 20 bucks delivered it wasn't too bad a thrashing. lol

You can tell I'm a writer by my incredible clarity.

I meant my Fenney, I wished I'd gotten the Fenney in its original wedgeness.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

You can tell I'm a writer by my incredible clarity.

I meant my Fenney, I wished I'd gotten the Fenney in its original wedgeness.

I followed that.

I'd rather have this one ORIGINAL but then again, whatever happened to it, happened "back in the day" so in its own way it is "original" as is your Fenny.

Originally Posted by Wullie

Reckon those belonged to the same guy at one time? LOL

You look kinda familiar? You ever do any gambling in Tombstone?

Originally Posted by Wintchase

You look kinda familiar? You ever do any gambling in Tombstone?

Naw, but I spent some time in Yuma.