Wade & Butcher question "Blank for Concaving"
I just got a W&B I bought off the internet in a lot of 3 razors for $21, including a "Man-o-War" Hermann Graukopf - Solingen and an M. Jung, New York, M.I. Germany, No. 80 on the other side of the tang - not bad, I think. Anyway, the Wade & Butcher has this on the tang:
Wade & Butcher
Blank for Concaving
Sheffield, England
So I'm guessing after 1891 or so, but doesn't seem all that old; the part that is unusual is the "Blank for Concaving". Maybe this was a practice piece? It's a 5/8 maybe 1/2 hollow, not sure what the scales are made of. Anyone know anything about this?
Thanks for any info!