Yeah, it doesn't say Magnum Bonum. It says 'PHRANK WILL BUY ME'.
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LOL - have two MB's, so no, and I like this one better!
http://straightrazorpalace.com/membe...arbers-use.jpg
In the photos in the auction you can make out that it once had Celebrated Hollow Ground For Barbers Use etched on the belly of the blade.
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It's a tricky business without any hard, fast rules, unfortunately.
If you're lucky enough to find one of the ones with a crown mark, you can date them to the monarch easily.
GR (and the letters can be under or on either side of the crown) dates to 1820-1830. WR was 1830-1836, and VR is 1837 to... uh, some mysterious point well before Victoria died but well after 1837.
For whatever reason, there aren't many Wade & Butcher razors (compared to other manufacturers) with the VR stamp. It's not because they weren't producing things, but just because they weren't producing them under the royal warrant. WR stamped razors are less common just because William IV wasn't king for very long at all.
Beyond that it's all a convoluted mess. Unless you want to become a Wade & Butcher scholar, it's easier to just ask here on the forum.
Yeah...I am buying my last razor....one at a time! :p
LOL - the one in the pic is an FBU....the one in this pic is a Magnum Bonum, think it's just a marketing gimmic, stands for, great/good, awesome!;). If you look at this pic, you can see the area along the spine with the MB etched, I have another where the etch is gone, which looked like the pic of the razor in question:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/membe...onum-wedge.jpg