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Thread: Need help identifying Bengalls, please.

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  1. 11-09-2017, 11:17 PM #5
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    Interestingly, a few weeks ago I came across a report of a court case that Cadmans brought in Germany (possibly in the 1890s) against several Solingen manufacturers who claimed "Bengall" should not be registerable as a trademark. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find this again, but I recall that TR Cadman won the case. The golden age of trademark counterfeiting came to an end about this time, due largely to the enforcement of trademark laws and design registration requirements.

    Other Sheffield makers have apparently used "Bengall" but I have no idea who they were. The fact that they applied no other name to those razors makes it effectively impossible for us to ever know. As I said, these dubious practices largely died out in the early 20thC.
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