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It's still not a picture from an advertising from the same period, but it was almost 100 years ago, so I guess they remembered better what was originally made and what was a used razor.

Martin you...

I've been looking for an old document I remembered from Judge Lummus ("Old Sheffield Razors" by Lummus. Antiques, December 1922), and he talked about it in the second paragraph of the first picture...

I got it from an excellent thread of Voidmonster (that I wasn't able to find back) and tried to translate for the CCC. :)

That was my point. I had a new-looking MacDaniel who was sharpened enought to shave arm hairs when I received it, but the edge wasn't in contact when I put it on the stone.

I'm really perplexed...

I think that grinders were able to wear only the edge, without striping the sides or the back of the razor.

Or perhaps they could polish it with a leather wheel and polishing pastes after the work...

I'm really doubtful about the fact that those blades were originally made this way.

In my opinion, it typically looks like a blade sharpened by a street grinder.
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