WADE & BUTCHER - SHEFFIELD - 5/8 - WEDGE - BLOND OX
This is a gorgeous looking vintage collectors razor.
The custom made scales are made of Blond OX (Horn) w/tapered G10 Jade Ghost wedge.
The blade is very shiny, clean with no rust, cracks or chips.
Has a few barely noticeable remaining shallow residual pits on the blade.
Blade holds minor hone wear and sits nicely in the scales.
Blade has been cleaned and polished.
The blade measures 5/8 - barber's notch
Total weight: 1.9 oz
Total cutting edge: 2.75"
On the front shank it says: Wade & Butcher Sheffield, England
On the blade it says: 'The Clean Shaver' (still nicely visible)
Extremely nice and beautiful example of a Wade & Butcher.
Successor to Robert Wade; succeeded by Butcher, Brown & Butcher Sheffield - 1818-1890.
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