9/8 Wade & Butcher Cleaned Up

Here's the 9/8 Wade & Butcher that I polished with Mothers. The horn scales were already in great shape, so it did not take much work. I plan on taking this one to the hones tomorrow then using it on my whiskers. It's not perfect, but I am very happy with it. The photos are from an iPhone, so the quality is not that great. This is razor number 7. Now I will focus and shaving and maintaining, after I get this one shave ready. I fully expect it will be a great shaver.

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Mother's and what ? Buffers , dremel, paper towel and elbow grease ?

Looks real nice. I've got one just like it and it is a killer shaver.

That's in real good condition. Use in good health. It's a classic from W&B. I've truly learned to appreciate Sheffield steel the past few years. Makes for incredible shavers.

Lovely! Just plain Lovely!

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Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Mother's and what ? Buffers , dremel, paper towel and elbow grease ?

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Mother's and blue paper towels, and, at times, Cape Cod polishing cloths that I picked up at our local Ace Hardware. I also soaked the blade and scales in neatsfoot oil, which I also picked up at Ace. I worked on it from time to time over a few days. One thing about the Cape Cod polishing cloths is they are vanilla scented, so your hands smell good for the rest of the day.

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Originally Posted by Maximilian

That's in real good condition. Use in good health. It's a classic from W&B.

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Thank you. I feel very fortunate. It had just been listed on ebay with a $199 buy it now option, so I did, without giving it much thought. I was very surprised at its condition when I received it, both the scales and blade. It still shows the original striations on the blade from the grinding back in Sheffield. I plan to give it to my son some day so he can also enjoy shaving his face with this beast.

Lucky indeed, a very nice condition W&B. The clean up looks good too.

Bob

Congrats, it is a beauty!

Nice job on the cleanup.

That is very nice. It's in immaculate condition.

Thats a sweet looking razor and what a blade!! great job!

Set the bevel and honed it early this morning, then stropped and shaved with it this afternoon. I had to be wary of the heft of this razor so as not to allow the edge to fall on my face while maneuvering and stroking. I have three W&B's, and all three are silky smooth, and all three give amazing and comfortable shaves. I'll post pics at some other time of my 7 razors, my 7 day set.

BTW, it took 35 minutes total to set the bevel and do a pyramid progession up to a 12k Naniwa. That's good because I was low on patience

sooooooo jealous!!! I hope one day to acquire a razor like this!

Very nice and a fine job polishing her up. Congrats and enjoy the shave with that beauty.

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Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

sooooooo jealous!!! I hope one day to acquire a razor like this!

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I hope you pick one up someday too. Keep your eyes open, you will find one. There are lots of these out there.