Thread: Country of origin stamp requirement

After the international trade agreement requiring the country of origin to be stamped on razors, did any manufacturers such as W&B produce blades stamped England for export and just Sheffield for domestic consumption?

My guess would be they would not bother to have and use 2 different stamps but it is only a guess. Anyone know for sure?

Bob

As far as I know all razors were stamped with the country of manufacture after the trade agreement regardless.

Originally Posted by johnmrson

As far as I know all razors were stamped with the country of manufacture after the trade agreement regardless.

I think that is correct but I'm not sure. From what I've read W&B was more interested in export than domestic sales anyway. Much larger population across the pond.

It is not so exact

McKinley Tariff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Start there and continue the search for even more info on dating antiques..

The stamps are simply a clue to the dates on any antique and even more so on razors, it was revised again in 1914 to include the "Made In" part of the stamp as law but many makers used that before..
You have to understand that Country and Region stamps were done long before 1891 out of pride and for advertising there was just a newb that posted a 1700"s era razor yesterday with a "Spain: stamp on it..

Glen

Thanks for the response but I was wondering if "after" the McKinley Tariff Act would companies omit the country of origin if the razor was for internal domestic use. I can't see them going to the trouble of running 2 different stampings concurrently for that purpose. Seems to me it would more costly than just stamping every razor with the country of origin and being done with it no matter where it is to be sold. I have no concerns about what stampings were used previous to the act.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Glen

Thanks for the response but I was wondering if "after" the McKinley Tariff Act would companies omit the country of origin if the razor was for internal domestic use. I can't see them going to the trouble of running 2 different stampings concurrently for that purpose. Seems to me it would more costly than just stamping every razor with the country of origin and being done with it no matter where it is to be sold. I have no concerns about what stampings were used previous to the act.

Bob

I don't know for sure, but it makes sense to me that they would have stamped all of them the same. Not only because of the additional cost in time and material of using separate stamps, but in the time sorting one from the other.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Country and Region stamps were done long before 1891 out of pride and for advertising there was just a newb that posted a 1700"s era razor yesterday with a "Spain: stamp on it..

You have to be careful though, at that point SPAIN stamp I would guess was of Sheffield origin. ESPAGNE, LISBON, LEIPZIG, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, ITALY, PARIS, CUSCO, FRANCE are just a few registered in 1787 directory, all Sheffield marks.