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After discussing shaving with a SR with a co-worker the next day he brought me in 6 blades that had belonged to his grandfather. 3 of them are beyond repair but the other 3 are restorable. I’ll get some more and better pics when I get home to my good camera. The top blade is marked MANUFACTURED BY GEO WOSTENHOLM & SON FOR BARBER USE, and there’s an I-X mark to the left of that. This is a huge blade measuring 8/8 and almost a ¼ in thick. It has horn or bone scales that have been destroyed by some type of bug.
The next blade is a WB. The tang reads MANUFACTURED BY WADE & BUTCHER SHEFFIELD and has the left circle with the right facing arrow pointing towards the cross. The blade has been engraved with the words, HOPKINS, HARDEN & KEMP. There was another word engraved below but I can’t make out due the bottom of the lettering being honed away. This blade too has bone/horn scales that have been eaten away.
Just wanted to see what you all thought. I will definitely have the two above mentioned blades restored. The other blade that’s in the best condition out of the 6 is a smaller 5/8 stamped SIMMONS HDWE CO. U.S.A. It has black plastic scales that are in good shape. I’ll get some pics up when I get to a better camera.