Thread: Marsden

Here is an old Marsen I picked up off the bay a few months ago from our own Silverloaf. He didn't expect it to go for so little but was happy that it was me that did end up with it. I have thought about rescaling it & still most likely will but whoever made the scales for it did a great job on it & was done long ago & has a name inscribed on it "Waterlawn" or something like that. I take it the original scales were straight like these & that the owner reproduced them the best he could. There are several Marsden's listed in my Tweedale's Directory, so I don't know which one it is but the razor appears to be pretty old & my guess is around the 1790's-1810's due to the short stubby tail. I might be wrong though. Marsden Bros go back as far as 1696.

The Marsdens were very rabbit like, and thus the name itself is a bit of a rabbit hole... But I'm about 95% certain it was George Marsden.

Look closely at the top of the spine. I wouldn't be surprised if it had a faint 'Magnum Bonum' etch. It's been heavily modified, but I'm pretty sure it was originally a much beefier blade.

I wouldn't change the scales on it,,, just clean them, polish the hardware,,,,, they fit the razor, AFAIC.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

The Marsdens were very rabbit like, and thus the name itself is a bit of a rabbit hole... But I'm about 95% certain it was George Marsden.

Look closely at the top of the spine. I wouldn't be surprised if it had a faint 'Magnum Bonum' etch. It's been heavily modified, but I'm pretty sure it was originally a much beefier blade.

That makes a lot of sense Zak. It appeared to have been a heavier blade at one time because the top of the spine is between 3/16" & 1/4" wide but has been hollow ground. It is VERY possible that it did say Magnum Bonum on it at one time. Thanks for the info.