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    Default Factory Tour of the Southington Cutlery Co. CT

    So I went down today and lurked through the old Southington Cutlery Co. Factory in Southington Connecticut. It has been renovated into office space.

    The outside:
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    The Inside:
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    My Southington Cutlery Co. Razor back at it's birthplace:
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    If those walls could talk.
    Ironically I dug the dirty inner bowl photos the best.
    Very Cool
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    Ahhhhh, there is no place like home.
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    Verrrry cool
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    Back where it was born. THAT is neat! Thanks for sharing!
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    I have several more factories to visit here in CT. Next on the list is for my Hartford Cutlery razor, the factory is in Tariffville CT. It also has been turned into office space. I love walking the halls, it fills you with nostalgia. There will be random metal fixtures, hooks, bolts sticking out from the wall and I wonder what it was used for 100+ years ago. The more "raw" and unfinished I like the better

    My razor with a chunk of rubble from the Southington Cutlery Co. basement.

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    Thanks for sharing your visit. I am looking forward to your next stop. We have a rich heritage in so many of these places around our country.
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    Very nice. My ex in-laws live in Southington and I've spent many an Easter, Christmas and days there. I didn't know that place existed. I do have an old Gillette slim adjustable and a cool old travel brush from my FIL but no local straight.
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    Oh-Oh now you've done it. See that picture with the wood "cases" on the floor. Them be caskets and no other than Dracula and his brood have been there unmolested for 100 years. Now you've unleashed them on the world.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
    Oh-Oh now you've done it. See that picture with the wood "cases" on the floor. Them be caskets and no other than Dracula and his brood have been there unmolested for 100 years. Now you've unleashed them on the world.
    Not unless he lay his razor in the middle of that circle and said the right words. Er...You didn't do that, did you?
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