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Straight razor. Wade wedge blade etched Magnum Bonum on a black pressed horn handle, the pile side depicts a woman in a long dress surrounded by cattle. Note: "Wilson" was a quality maker of pressed horn handles for the cutlery manufacturing industry in Sheffield, England for the American market. Further, these early full length pressed horn scenes, when combining both sides, tend to tell a story. This particular razor is depicting a typical American scene of the early 19thC where a gentleman farmer with his dog have industriously cleared and cultivated the land, built a home and added livestock to his wealth. This was a time of "Manifest Destiny" and Americans were proudly expanding westward.
