Thread: Help to ID a W&B

Need some help on this one guys.

I picked up a W&B on the bay that is about 15/16, has the correct stamp as far as the "Wade & Butcher" and under that the word "SHEFFIELD" in all caps (no logo though) and has a rounded point that extends slightly longer at the bottom than the top at the tip - almost like a very very slight french point if you can see it in the photo. It's damned heavy. The spine measures a full 1/4 inch wide and that width continues almost to the tip of the tang. While not a wedge, it's also not quite an extra full hollow ground, maybe a half hollow?. Also has 2 collars and the angles on the tang are correct for most other W&Bs I have. The cutting edge is around 2.75 incher.

The problem is that it's suspiciously similar looking to one of those big Pakistani blades. I can't quite put my finger on it but it just seems off somehow.

I checked all the W&Bs in the Wiki with no luck. A photo or two are below and I put a W&B blade that I'm restoring next to it just for comparison of the stamp. Can anyone tell me if this is indeed a W&B or is it some other blade that someone very expertly stamped W&B into? I've love for it to be a W&B but it seems so different from the W&Bs I'm used to that it's sounding alarms in my head. To make matters more suspicious, the blade is nearly immaculate and I won at a relatively low price. My bid was much higher but there wasn't that much interest for some reason. Sure hope I don't need to ship it back. The seller said it was in a box with quite a few other blades that he's gotten from the belongings/estate of a barber. If that's true (no reason to doubt him) it doesn't prove much though.

Any help is appreciated.