Thread: Special razor 18th century George Smith

The mark on the tang doesn't follow the "direction" of it :



And they are usually larger on razors of this period. Plus it doesn't look like "natural".

In my opinion it was made to mask an wear of the blade like this one :



Made it usable again from the nose to the end of the blade, and perhaps give it a more modern form.

But it's only a guess.