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I say you scored on this one. You seem to have a nice little wedge there. The thickness of the spine is much less than a wider, more hollow blade would have started life as, and the end on shot...

If in fact it is a smaller width razor, and a wedge type grind, you might have really scored! Let us know how it turns out.

I have a 3/8 Wester Brothers that was made in Germany. It never was a 5/8. This razor might be the same. The tang is stamped "Wedge". In my opinion, there is no way that someone wore 1/4 inch off...