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    only the Ontario Cutlery company as noted above has any Canadian connection I had found
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobH View Post
    No Canadian made straight razors that I am aware of but plenty of Gillette DEs were made here. Grohman knives from Pictou Nova Scotia make very fine knives. According to a Field and Stream article on the to 20 knives ever made their Russell belt knife placed in second spot. The 20 Best Knives Ever Made | Field & Stream

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    Bob thanks for that link there's some fantastic gear in that Field & Stream Magazine, I especially like that Loveless knife in the lineup, plus the best gear review.
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    Quote Originally Posted by celticcrusader View Post
    Bob thanks for that link there's some fantastic gear in that Field & Stream Magazine, I especially like that Loveless knife in the lineup, plus the best gear review.
    I'm not a knife aficionado but do recall the name Loveless and that wonderful classic drop point design from my misspent youth. I think it is one of those if it looks right it is right things.

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    There was the Premier company that did a bunch of branded import stuff too, and they were out of Toronto, and they did make knives for a while, but I think all of their razors and barber hones were imported, mostly from the US I think. The only Premier razor I have seen was junk and I did not retain it, I just kept the barbers hone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
    There was the Premier company that did a bunch of branded import stuff too, and they were out of Toronto, and they did make knives for a while, but I think all of their razors and barber hones were imported, mostly from the US I think. The only Premier razor I have seen was junk and I did not retain it, I just kept the barbers hone.
    Yes, the Premier Company was based out of TO and also I think the operated in the US also. I don't think they made anything but were importers. I have a Premier meat cutting knife that says " Hand Ground Solingen Germany" on it and two straights of which one was made in Germany and the other in England. Neither are junk and both shave as well as any other quality razor I own. IIRC Crappy Tire carried Premier knives for a while.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobH View Post
    Yes, the Premier Company was based out of TO and also I think the operated in the US also. I don't think they made anything but were importers. I have a Premier meat cutting knife that says " Hand Ground Solingen Germany" on it and two straights of which one was made in Germany and the other in England. Neither are junk and both shave as well as any other quality razor I own. IIRC Crappy Tire carried Premier knives for a while.

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    When I said it was junk it was because of condition, I would expect that they were good razors, this one was just past its lifespan. So your razors say Premier TO on them?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    While on this subject. I often wonder if Ontario Cutlery was made for the Canadian market? We know that they were made in Geneva, NY by Geneva Cutlery.
    Quote Originally Posted by holli4pirating View Post
    Ontario is both a town and a county in NY. Interestingly, the town is not in the county, it's in Wayne. I would be surprised if the name on the razor was connected to Canada, but it could be.
    Quote Originally Posted by Substance View Post
    only the Ontario Cutlery company as noted above has any Canadian connection I had found
    My bad. As Holli spoke, Ontario is for Ontario county in NY. Their razors were made by Geneva prior to 1936.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
    When I said it was junk it was because of condition, I would expect that they were good razors, this one was just past its lifespan. So your razors say Premier TO on them?
    Yes, I thought that is what you meant by junk as in junk condition which mine were not. I meant in good condition, non junk, that they shave as well as any thing else. Neither the razors or the knife have TO stamped on them anywhere. My assumption, and that could easily be wrong, was that they were imported by Premier in TO as all were found in Canada.

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    Taylor Bros Cutlery Co of Hamilton Canada, 1885-1922, made razors in Canada.
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    Thank you much for that post Martin. Now that I know some were made here I am sure a few of us will be hunting them down now.

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