A collection of Northfields

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I’d like to share my collection of Northfield straight razors. This is one of the makers I always keep an eye out for because I lived in Northfield for a few years as a kid. My best memories of Northfield are of fishing in the pond we called “Knifeshop Pond”, though I believe it’s actually called Northfield Pond. Northfield is an unincorporated village in the town of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

There’s a lot of info out there about the history of the company and I’ve seen this article referenced before.


An article from the Hartford Daily Courant, Sept. 6, 1886, describes the transition of power to the Catlin family as follows. “They were started, like many other knife shops, by workmen on the co-operative principle. But the men were not prudent and their stock was gradually swallowed up at the village store until the controlling interest came into the possession of the proprietor, Deacon (John) Catlin, who admitted his sons, Frank and Howard, the former being the active manager.”


A picture of John Catlin.


Here’s a picture of Franklin.




The Catlins were a prominent family in the Litchfield and the name comes up over and over again in the History of Litchfield.















The entire ebook “History of the Town of Litchfield” can be viewed here
https://ia802502.us.archive.org/19/i...fl1920whit.pdf
Also there is a nice little write up found here
https://hiddeninplainsightblog.com/2...ld-knife-shop/

I guess I've reached my attachment limit and will have to continue in a moment.