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02-07-2008, 03:17 AM #1RADpimp
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Is this blade shape original?
Hi guys, me again. Now I was over a C Utz's place a couple weeks ago and we talked about this blade. (HI CHRIS!) Now the one thing I cant remember is if the shape of this edge is original? I seem to remember C Utz saying it was but I want to make sure!
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02-07-2008, 03:20 AM #2
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It has a lot of wear but I would say it had a smile to start. I just finished one like this only bigger wth that natural smile
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02-07-2008, 03:41 AM #3Senior Member
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I have a Waldo almost exactly the same!
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02-07-2008, 03:56 AM #4
Yep, a prime example of an early frameback.
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02-07-2008, 04:20 AM #5At this point in time...
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Oh man that's just mean, I love those old swayback smiles...
That one has my Restoration finger twitching...
Nice razor Derek!!!!!
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02-07-2008, 04:34 AM #6Plays with Fire
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Hello Derek!
Yep!
I still say it's original!
Let me know if you want to restore those horn scales....you CAN bring those back from the dead....
OH, and a little history on ye ol' razor you have there:
WADE, ROBERT
Sheffield
1810 - 1818 ("Old Sheffield Razors" by Lummus. Antiques, December 1922 p.261-267)
Let me know if you plan on getting rid of that razor!!!! She has a home in my collection!!
C utz
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02-07-2008, 11:06 AM #7
Even before I saw Cutz' post I would have said early 1800s sheffield razor.
I have seen more in that shape. I have a John Barber of nearly the same age that looks a bit like that.
Yes, I think it looked like that when it was new. (minus the rust and the wear of course )
Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day
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02-07-2008, 01:52 PM #8Senior Member
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It is original,it is not a frameback,it is a wedge made by Robert Wade in sometime around 1818 as stated above.Wade Butcher also made one of the same shape at this time.I have almost new examples of both and they are the same shape as yours.Frameback razors were not made until much later.Best Regards gary
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02-07-2008, 02:31 PM #9Senior Member
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Bruno,Does the John Barber that you have have a compass symbol stamped in the tang after the name?I have one from about the same period,but it has the compass after the name.Best Regards Gary
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02-07-2008, 02:42 PM #10
The one that I restored is this one:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=13054
It only has the Masonic symbol on the front of the tang.
The back of the tang has 'patent tempered steel'
EDIT: it is also longer than the normal length. the cutting edge itself is 3 and 3/8.
I have one coming my way that has his name, with the masonic symbol underneath it.
I had another one like the first, except it was 6/8 instead of 11/16, and NOS.
I sent it to one of our masonic members here who wanted to own one for its history.Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day
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