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Like everything else, they're worth what you're willing to pay for them.

I dig through newspaper archives and historical business directories, mostly. Google Books is an absolute boon for this...

I've finished my exhaustive (exhausting?) write-up of Marsden. It can be found over here on my blog.

At the time of this post, the writeup is still a bit rough -- it needs copyediting for clarity...

I'm working on an extensive write-up on the manufacturer of the early 'Magnum Bonum' razors and I should have it done later today.

The short version is: they were made by a Marsden.

The...

MAGNUM BONUM was a marketing term, not unlike SILVER STEEL or even WARRANTED. I don't think your razor was made by Wade & Butcher, because Wade & Butcher didn't exist yet when it was made. At some...

That can't be right! The sideways crown with the VR stamp was only used on W&B razors made on Wednesdays because Wilburt Beacham had his corns removed by a barber/surgeon named Manitude Perfringe...

Any chance you could get a picture of the tang stamp on that Magnum Bonum? I just got a matched pair of the, but the tang stamps were faint to begin with and someone ground them off almost completely...