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All--I have just scored a sweet-looking W&B Fine India Steel wedge from ebay:
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Does anyone know if there was a particular time when these were manufactured? My guess would be sometime around the 1870s--I have read about the Wootz factory and the (perhaps over-hyped) quality of India steel... but was unable to come up with any dates.
Thanks in advance!
Nice blade. AFAIK, the India steel was most likely marketing. Whether the steel was sourced from India or not, I doubt it was Wootz. I have a 'Fine India Steel' etched W&B so if it turns out that one of our experts verifies the Wootz/India angle I'll be as happy as you. One way or the other, outstanding shavers IME.
Nice score mate =] Hope you didn't bleed too much on the price I've been trying to find a cheap WnB for a while now but there seems to be too much demand for em. I agree with JimmyHAD on the marketing thing I'm sure I've read the same thing mentioned more than a few times. But yeah surely Manah or Martin or another one of the great SRP Cutlery historians shall be able to shed some light on the matter
