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Antique Wade & Butcher's Barber's Straight Razor

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Antique Wade & Butcher's Barber's Straight Razor
Antique Wade & Butcher's Barber's Straight Razor, measures 10''L (open) x 1''W and 6.75'' (closed), blade is marked ''Wade & Butcher's For Barber Use'' and their hallmark, Wade and Butcher was a tradename of the W & S Butcher Co. Brothers William & Samuel Butcher started the company in Sheffield 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 tarifs of 1891. Not all W & S B knives are marked Wade and Butcher. In 1921 the American company Durham-Duplex bought W & S B and used it for the production of their safety razors as well as other forms of cutlery. W & S Butcher ceased production in Sheffield in 1959.