Originally Posted by
engine46
Phrank
Frederick Reynolds are superb blades, I got this one awhile back, a, "Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor, For Barbers Use", you can just see the etch in the pic, the etching isn't stamped, think it's acid washed in (if that's the correct term), it's pretty much almost faded away (shame) it's restored now, kept everything all original, real massive chunk of Sheffield steel.
Interesting thing, the scales when they were cleaned, are somewhat transparent, almost as if they could have been a lighter colour. Here's the before, can't find a pic of it all cleaned up.
Yeah Phrank that's nice, which is why I decided against polishing up my Jonathan Crooks FBU which I'm working on right now. The stamp is decent but the pistol & heart is faint so I'm restoring it as if it were original.