Thread: Champion

Heavier . . . Hard to say. I think it is heavier than some of my other similarly sized blades (e.g., a Red Imp).

There is some "grain" to the steel on the tang, almost like marks I've seen from sandcasting. It could be pitting that was previously removed, but I don't think it is as it is more consistent in distribution than most examples of pitting I've seen (and with my ebay habit, I've seen quite a lot of pitting).

Congratulations on that lucky grab! I have only had a couple of shave ready razors off e-Bay myself, but several that were pretty close.
The scales on your far left razor are dyed buffalo horn; a common old Sheffield practice where the maker started with yellow/green horn and dyed it to resemble tortoise shell. I have two genuine tortoise shell scaled razors, and they are very dark due to age. The lighter spots in old shell are very small compared to the dark areas, and most of the original translucence disappears with age. They have an unmistakeable glowing sheen when hand rubbed with wax or oil.