Thread: W.R. Case Razor Info?

Originally Posted by JWheeler331

Thanks. I will look for the books. Sounds like it has lots of good stuff in them.

I was just looking through the 4th edition & it is mostly about Case. About 2/3 of it cover Case & the rest of it is on Remington, Pal & Queen. It does show some on dating by the markings on the Case razor. I need to check out the DVD in the 7th edition. I've never seen it yet.

NOTE: I was wrong about the Little Valley straight. I found it & it says Valley Razor Co., Little Valley, NY which is where some of the Case razors were from. I do believe there is a connection.

Now in the 7th edition I have found the following:
There is also a connection with the Red Imp. Those are shown on the pages with the Cases. It also shows a pic of three different styles of the Red Imp. One with the blued tang & red painted letters. One with the non blued tang but the letters painted red & one w/o blued tang or painted letters.
I also have a Cases Aces with a blued, hammered tang w/cracked ice scales & on the other side of the tang it says WR Case & Sons, Bradford, PA & is in a Genco Coffin marked Bradford, PA
The book says some WR Case & Sons were made from 1905-1920 & then others were made from 1920-1955

As far as pocket knives go, W.R. Case & Sons post dates 1905-1906 until about 1920. W.R. Case & Son was used from 1903-to 1905/06

Tang stamp on my Great grandfather's old Case "hobo" knife.


the knife

Case razors are top quality steel

Originally Posted by Wullie

As far as pocket knives go, W.R. Case & Sons post dates 1905-1906 until about 1920. W.R. Case & Son was used from 1903-to 1905/06

Tang stamp on my Great grandfather's old Case "hobo" knife.


the knife

Yeah Wullie. I don't doubt you one bit there. This other stuff is what I found on Case straight razors.

Some info here from Manah; http://www.strazors.com/uploads/imag...nology_doc.pdf

Also, if you want to read through a pile, much info in this thread. One has to remember, the name Case is interwoven into most American production, in some fashion!
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...llow-conn.html

Thanks for the info guys.

Here is some info at the very beginning of Case straight razors in my book.

Thanks for that.

Originally Posted by JWheeler331

Thanks for that.

You're welcome Joe!