Results 1 to 8 of 8
Like Tree19Likes
  • 9 Post By Martin103
  • 1 Post By Hirlau
  • 1 Post By sharptonn
  • 1 Post By jkatzman
  • 3 Post By JimmyHAD
  • 1 Post By thebigspendur
  • 1 Post By
  • 2 Post By

Thread: History of metallurgy in Geneva, New York.

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Historically Inquisitive Martin103's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Location
    Upstate New York
    Posts
    5,782
    Thanked: 4249
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default History of metallurgy in Geneva, New York.

    Here an interesting link from the Geneva Historical Society, about when and how metallurgy came to Geneva, and part about the Geneva Cutlery Co who at one time in history was the biggest razor producer in the world.

    http://genevahistoricalsociety.com/w...-in-geneva.pdf

  2. The Following 10 Users Say Thank You to Martin103 For This Useful Post:

    BobH (10-21-2015), criswilson10 (10-22-2015), CZMark (10-21-2015), Geezer (10-22-2015), Hirlau (10-21-2015), JimmyHAD (10-21-2015), jmercer (10-22-2015), Leatherstockiings (10-21-2015), sharptonn (10-21-2015), Voidmonster (10-24-2015)

  3. #2
    Senior Member blabbermouth Hirlau's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    South Florida
    Posts
    13,530
    Thanked: 3530

    Default

    Thank you,,, I'm going to read it in a little while,,,
    Martin103 likes this.

  4. #3
    Razor Vulture sharptonn's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Location
    Lone Star State
    Posts
    26,170
    Thanked: 8618

    Default

    Great info of a story of a town and it's resources back in the day. Most enjoyable read!
    Martin103 likes this.
    "Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
    I rest my case.

  5. #4
    MEMBER
    Join Date
    Apr 2015
    Location
    VERO BEACH, FL
    Posts
    903
    Thanked: 96

    Default

    Having grown up in upstate NY I remember the closings well. Not until I started wet shaving again did I realize how important Geneva was to the manufacture of great razors. I have 3 Genco's, A Geneva and Ontario and keep them as a reminder of how good American manufacturing was and is. To bad how many companies have left NY.
    Martin103 likes this.

  6. #5
    Senior Member blabbermouth JimmyHAD's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    32,564
    Thanked: 11044

    Default

    Very interesting article Martin. Kind of sad, illustrates, the way, along with industry 'the American Dream' went the way of the dinosaur.
    Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.

  7. #6
    The Hurdy Gurdy Man thebigspendur's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    New Mexico
    Posts
    33,159
    Thanked: 5025
    Blog Entries
    4

    Default

    That part of N.Y was the center of the U.S Cutlery Industry. I guess Oneida and Cutco are still around those parts.
    Martin103 likes this.
    No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •