Another "date this Wade and Butcher" thread

[JimmyHAD]

Robert A Doyle's book says that etching of that type began around 1830 and became popular. George might be Washington ....... they made a lot of razors with USA attractive etchings since they imported many of their razors. Not sure when they slowed up on full blade (belly) etchings ?

[Voidmonster]

Robert A Doyle's book says that etching of that type began around 1830 and became popular. George might be Washington ....... they made a lot of razors with USA attractive etchings since they imported many of their razors. Not sure when they slowed up on full blade (belly) etchings ?

I'm pretty sure that etching was this one:



It's a bit hard to make out (I nabbed it from an auction archive site), but you can sort of see that it's a sideways portrait of Washington. There aren't any coat of arms on it.

[carlmaloschneider]

It's be a great pity to get rid of the patination on that, in my opinion. I'd also ensure I used tape on the spine when I honed it. It looks like you may need to remove a little bit from the edge as it appears quite uneven. The steel on older razors can be quite soft...