Wade and Butcher Featheredge

OK so some of the guys who were there late in Ohio wanted me to polish something so I pulled out this odd old W&B Featheredge lancet type blade that was like most 150 year old W&B's. It was heavily tarnished and rather pitted. I went at it on 1 side with the stainless polishing compound but eventually we ran out of time and people wanted to go home. Well I finished polishing the blade today. It ended up with only a few puts I didn't take out on the back since they were deep to start with. The rest of it is now mirror. I am also debating putting custom scales on it but the horn ones are great so who knows. I will hone it up and see how it shaves since I haven't tried one like this before. I thought you might appreciate seeing the final result especially if you saw me start it in Ohio.

Damn fine work Chris! That's an amazing difference. Now to figure out how to get results half that good on some of my projects...

nice work,,,now put new scales on it and sell it to me,,,LOL

WoW! What a razor Chris! :tu

Geez!
What a difference a lot of work makes.
That is one terrific polish job.

So what was your polish procedure on this?

Nice Chris. What a polish!

well did just the stainless polishing copound at first in ohio but then I went to 220 grit paper up to 1500 grit paper and it looked fine then which is how I suspect alot of razors get finished but then I went to the stainless polish again then the white rouge and finally a hand polish with my english custom showmans blend polish

Absolutely Awesome!!!!!

WOWZA!!!!!

Lynn

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Originally Posted by The Topher

OK so some of the guys who were there late in Ohio wanted me to polish something so I pulled out this odd old W&B Featheredge lancet type blade that was like most 150 year old W&B's. It was heavily tarnished and rather pitted. I went at it on 1 side with the stainless polishing compound but eventually we ran out of time and people wanted to go home. Well I finished polishing the blade today. It ended up with only a few puts I didn't take out on the back since they were deep to start with. The rest of it is now mirror. I am also debating putting custom scales on it but the horn ones are great so who knows. I will hone it up and see how it shaves since I haven't tried one like this before. I thought you might appreciate seeing the final result especially if you saw me start it in Ohio.

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If I'd known how nice it was going to turn out we could have played poker til 3 or 4 to give you more time:) . Not really, I was in enough trouble when I got home. :roflmao

Great work.

Fantastic work!

I wonder if that blade design was a fashion at the time (like the Lancet seems to have been), or if it was a wedge reground to have the lancet look.....

What "Stainless Polish" is it you use?

C utz

Outstanding work, Chris. Looks really good. Question for you. I recently picked up a few razors at an antique store and one of them has this style of blade (thick spine then thin blade.) It is called a lancet as well?
Aaron

Chris......... you gotta slap on some knarly scales. That IS a beautiful razor!:nj

Great work. Like it really. Probably a great shaver.

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Originally Posted by C utz

Fantastic work!

I wonder if that blade design was a fashion at the time (like the Lancet seems to have been), or if it was a wedge reground to have the lancet look.....

C utz

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I think, thats a design of the time. Have an similar razor, here with snakewood scales:

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3...ond1gj0.th.jpg
Fantastic to shave with.

Outstanding!!!!
Paul

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Originally Posted by AF Medic

Outstanding work, Chris. Looks really good. Question for you. I recently picked up a few razors at an antique store and one of them has this style of blade (thick spine then thin blade.) It is called a lancet as well?
Aaron

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Who made it? What does it say on it? Got any pics? A thick spine and thin blade could be a frameback too but if it sticks out with the round point like that it is similar to the razors labeled "Lancet" by Mappin and Webb, the changable blade LeCoutre framebacks, and this guy.