6/8 Wade & Butcher "The Celebrated" Straight Razor | Sheffield, England

This beautiful restored 6/8 Wade and Butcher wont last long. This has been Honed, Polished, and restored and is shave ready. 

This straight razor makes for a great razor because of its heft and comfortable shave provided. Razor has been restored, cleaned, and sanitized making it Shave Ready for your shaving pleasure. The blade has a beautiful mirror finish, and has been highly buffed to as perfect as possible after its 100+ year life. Truly a masterpiece and an heirloom straight razor! 

Grind: Extra Hollow Ground
Metal: Carbon Steel
Scales: Original Ivory Scales
Date: 1900's
Condition: Polished, Sharpened and Shave Ready
Grade: Excellent
Imperfections: N/A
Included: Razor

Restoration: 

This razor underwent our complete Straight Razor Restoration Service. It was first polished, removing any past oxidization revealing new metal and a spectacular mirror shine. Next, the scales were cleaned and polished.

"Honing starts out on a Chosera 1000 Wet stone were I begin to set the bevel. Once the bevel outline is finished I move onto the Chosera 3000 where the bevel is cleaned up and refined. Next its on to the polishing stage which starts out on the Aishyama 6000 and moves to the naniwa 12000. After the 12k, a perfectly good shave can occur. But we like to take it one step further and finish with a high polish on the Suehiro Gokumyo 20000." Eric, Razor Miester. After honing, the blade is stropped, oiled, and arrives shave ready! Please do not strop this razor before your first shave.

 History:

The canonical story is that William & Samuel Butcher were brothers apprenticed to their father in Sheffield, when he died in 1806 they were apprenticed to another cutler. After they were freed they set up their own business and hired Robert Wade, a New York businessman, to handle their trade with America