For sale is a vintage WADE & BUTCHER straight edge razor. The tang is stamped “Manufactured by Wade & Butcher, Sheffield”. The razor has a 3/4” wide blade. Handle and blade are in good condition. The straight razor is about 6 1/2 inches in length closed or 10 1/4 inches open. Straight edge razors are also called open razors and cut-throat razors. A superb collectible straight edge razor.
Wade and Butcher was a tradename of the W & S Butcher Co. Brothers. William & Samuel Butcher started the company in Sheffield, England in the 1820s. Not too long after they had a partner named Robert Wade who was the New York based importer of W & S Butcher knifes for the US. This was one of the main markets for the company’s goods prior to the introduction of the McKinley tariffs of 1891.
