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Like I said earlier, that is the way most razors of that era were made.

The straight backed design as shown in the top picture of the two I posted became more popular with the advent of machinery...

As in flat, do you mean like this?
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu303/Wullie_01/MY%20RAZOR%20STUFF%20II/razors084.jpg

Or are you referring to hone wear like this extreme example of a well...

That is the way razors were made in that era, for the most part.

The cutting edge should parallel the spine.

A "stamp" was a tool that physically impressed itself into the metal. An etch used acid to remove metal.
Here is an example of a stamp....

Here's' pretty much the same razor. Pretty much a quarter hollow as I recall.
193424

I'm thinking 1870-1890. Appears the marks are etched rather than stamped. Not sure when W&B started etching but it was later in their production.

Hard to tell from the pics but it looks like a...