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Patience is key! I found it! So this is the "Silver Steel Razor" etching!
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If indeed it is a "Fine India Steel" razor, is there any way to tell from the blade itself? Is this really different steel from the average W&B? Is 1860-1870 the right time period? Tough...

The blade came out of the scales for cleaning and some glamor shots:

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Unfortunately the rest of the etch is still nearly invisible. I am pretty certain it has letters near the...

Thanks, JimmyHAD! Will have a go with some pencils and Flitz this evening and see what can be revealed :D

I bought this as a group of two razors. The other is a Joseph Allen Medium Size Hollow Ground from about 1890. The scale you see in this photo was plundered from the Allen and used to replace the...

Thanks, Ed--she will sing again!

Hello everyone,

I was very happy to recently pick up this Wade & Butcher 15/16" near-wedge. The scales are shot, so its a major project, but I just noticed that there is a blade etching--and it...