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As for the old ones, there were different finishes, most notable crocus and glaze, where glaze was not the kind of mirror smooth surface that crocus gave. It's common to see, for example, the two...

Here's a macro shot of the border between the blade face and the tang. It should be seamless but it has grinding marks on the blade face.

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I'll try to get some better pics tonight with my macro lens so we can get better evidence. I have handled a lot of blades where the crocus polish is disturbed (asymmetrically or non-professional...

You know, yeah, I just can't stand that imperfection. PM me your address, it's yours for a fiver.

Crocus on the face (and extension into the bottom of the tang), and hard to say on the tang itself but I think glaze. I have a Greaves Sheaf Works pressed horn that has a very similar grind and...

Nope, it was the whole blade face. It's hard to tell from the pics but you can see a very faint line vertical from the heel. And of course when I say 'regrind', it was likely more just a touchup on a...

This is the first one of these I have seen. I know Zak has an even earlier For Barbers Use (Barber John Barber), but this is the earliest explicit one that I have, coming from 1830-37. Stamped...