Very nice !! :chapeau
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Very nice !! :chapeau
Well, there it is...the most aesthetically pleasing straight razor I have ever seen. Well done.
:chapeau
Sorry, I didn't read through all 6 pages to see if anyone mentioned this but Holley Mfg Co. was in Connecticut also and has a ton of history. I wonder how close these companies were geologically and/or business-wise. BTW-Beautiful razor!!!!
Edit: Well I looked it up on a map and it looks like they are only about 40 miles from each other!
Thank you, Gents! :bow
Thanks! Indeed a hotbed of razor production in this area back in the days.
From Waterbury, I got 44 miles to Lakeville/Holley
29 miles to Winstead/Empire
15 miles to Meriden/ Turner and Colishaw
12 miles to Northfield/Northfield Cutlery
and 12 miles to Southington/Southington Cutlery
38 miles to Tarriffville/ Hartford Cutlery
23 miles to New Haven/ B & T Co, Wm Frolich and a couple others
12 miles to Bristol/ Walter Gould
10 miles to Thomaston (Plymouth)/ American Knife
22 miles to New Britain/ Landers, Frary & Clark
Shall I continue????
And don't even get me started stretching it out 93 miles to Worcester MA!
Yes. Some superb steel from that area too.
"For several years the ore (limonite from salisbury later known as lakeville) was used only in forges, the resulting iron being of such excellent quality and becoming so famous that forge-masters came long distances to obtain the ore, which they carried back in their leather saddlebags" - CONNETICUT' IRON AND COPPER BY CHARLES RUFUS HARTE
I would like to add this picture of Toms Magnificent razor, along with my scuttle.
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Bravo, Outback! :bow
:dropjaw:Jealousy can be a terrible thing sometimes.
Now that IS a complete set. And very very nice as well :tu