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The original razors may go in cycles as ScienceGuy mentions, seen that happen, but a copy will never replace the original vintage blade, if anything, a larger supply of "copies" will make the "real...

Yes, I also have a Frederick Reynolds 9/8, with the same "action etching" of, The Celebrated, Hollow Ground Razor, For Barber's Use, on the blade face. It's not an etching type stamp, seems like one...

Oh yeah...it was a wedge, noo doot aboot it, it was superbly reground into a hollow, it is as hollow as a Fili #14....this razor always makes me chuckle thinking it must be the Great, Great...

Here's a different W&B FBU then....

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A W&B 9/8 without the stabilizers...

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And this spike point 8/8 with the FBU on the tang...B&M soap not included:

I don't have the photo editing skills, but darn, maybe it's time I learned, how hard could it be to learn, "Snipping Tool"....

I'll have to hunt down some FBO pics, one of those I do not...

Oh yeah....I've got a W&B Rattler that says FBU, a typical #14 shaped W&B that has FBU, both stamped on the tang...along with one that looks exactly like the second pic you posted, no stabilizers as...

That last one would take me a few looks, it would definitely tweak my eye, but that's a pretty good effort...if you didn't look closely it could catch you.

The rest stand out like a plague...just...

Do you have a pic of that JR D E all put together and posed real nice.....? :o

Would love to see it....

edited to add: doh...just saw you're working on it in the "working on stuff" thread....:o

That's exactly what Val did, cleaned it up, honed it, and it sits exactly as I got it in my razor chest, scales were OK and still on it, great blade, one of my favorites.

Loving the the look of...

TriilumLT - this is about the OP post....I think there is a difference between enhancing an existing stamp or etch, and pasting one on....:-)

To laser graft (or whatever), in some large,...

LOL - like wearing a fake Rolex or something, you can just ache with embarrassment for some poor razor enthusiast who showed that to someone, and watch the guys heart break as someone told him, "that...

Sure, but why deface a blade like that...sheesh...he might as well have done something like, Comic Sans font, The Celebrated, Hollow Ground Razor, For Barbers Use, not really be that different, how...

What was inscribed or not inscribed on the blade beforehand is irrelevant in my opinion.

The fact is, it is was a very nice razor, regardless of what had been etched there or not. What possible...

This is fraud, plain and simple, and downright deceitful and dishonest.

You can have a great Thuringen stone in an Escher box, but unless it has the label, it's not an Escher.

When you put on...

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Yes, it's as unfortunate as a bunch of lepers in a whirlpool, all ends up like a bad stew.....

Agreed, have a few with the stamp on the tang, like this you mean?

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LOL...need and want, that terrible, terrible place.....:)

I'd take the darn thing to get it off the market...what a shame....blade would have been fine without that total fakedom....

I have 10 of these blades, and they are all stamped - the one in ScienceGuy's OP just leapt out as a complete fake as soon as I saw it.

Seller should be clearly stating that it has been relabeled...