Wade and Butcher and Engstrom Frameback Restore?

**Manning** · 08-05-2012, 01:54 PM

I stopped in a local haunt today and picked up a few DEs and the owner said he had just bought a large collection of straights so I took a look at those too. I normally shave with a Feather straight so admittedly my knowledge on vintage straights is quite limited. He had a good 40+ razors in condition of like new to literally a solid piece of rust. I dug through them and pulled a few out that, thanks to this forum, had names I was familiar with. I left some behind that were in good condition, but I was unfamiliar with and some with names I am familiar with, but were in poor condition (pits on edge, too much rust, frowning etc.).

So, all of this is to say that I did pick these two up. One is a Wade and Butcher and one is a Johan Engstrom frameback. Condition on both is pretty good. I am concerned with a few blemishes closer to the edge on the frameback, but went ahead and bought it. Butcher is dark, but no rust aside from a tiny bit on the spine and the scales are pretty shot. I admit, I was impressed by the quality and sheer heft of the Butcher.

My question is are these worth restoring? I would like to send them to someone who knows what they are doing if its worth the cost, and if not, then I will make my first attempt at restoring some straights with these 2. I'm pretty well versed in the DE restoration world, but this would be uncharted territory.

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**Kentos** · 08-05-2012, 02:33 PM

They should clean up very nicely. However the cost to professionally restore them might cost more than the intrinsic value of the razors themselves. At the same time they are some nice razors, so the ultimate decision is up to you.

You could also redo them yourself too.