Hey all,
A little background. I've been shaving since I was 12 and able to grow a Goat since I was 13. Needless to say, I have been fighting facial hair for awhile now (17 years) and have never had a truly satisfying shave. My brother-in-law has finally convinced me to give a straight razor shave a try. So, I got on the phone and called my grandfather as I knew I have seen some straight razors in his collection. He promptly mailed his stash. The thing is I can find nothing on the blades themselves and thought I'd see if any of you guys here that seem to be teaming with triv... I mean Historical knowledge of blades.

All kidding aside I would like to know as much about these blades as possible as they have been in my family for generations. I'll give all information I know of the blades below the picture.

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This one was my Great-Great-Grandfather's and seems to be in the best overall condition of the group. The manufacturer's stamp states BONEBRAKE HDWE, & I.M.P. CO. This blade probably comes from late 1800s to early 1900s. This came in a black box with no writing. This one seems my best bet for honing and starting to shave.
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This one has a good bit of rust but a decent set of plastic scales. This was a random blade my grandfather had so manufacture date is impossible to know but the stamp states DAMASCUS RAZOR SHEFFIELD STEEL. This one seems like a good restore project on the blade.
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This one was my Great-Grandfather's. Scales are broken but blade is in decent shape. On one side (First picture) is simply states Shorty on the other (Second picture) is has A. HALVERSON Co. OKLA. CITY & MUSKOGEE M.I. GERMANY. The box it came in was a yellow (could be from age) and had Wester & Butz. Can't remember or read the rest. I'm knew to razors but a pretty old hand when it comes to working with wood, so this one I will be making a set of custom Mahugony scales for it.

Thanks for any feed back on this blades, I only just received them but they mean a lot coming from my granddad and I'd like to know as much as possible.

Ryu