Hello!
This is my first post in this forum. I just bought a very rusty near wedge, which i estimate to be from around 1850 or maybe a little later. A hunchback with a smile. My gut feeling is that it is a Sheffield razor. The problem is that the tang is almost completelly covered in rust, so identifying it is very hard. All I can see is that there is an oval field (like a skinny blimp in profile) stamped into it with some very, very small lettering inside that are impossible to read. Anyone who can give a clue of makers having this elliptical mark? I would post a photo, but it's impossible to get the little markings to show up on a photo.