Hey, there were some fantastic American razors, with wonderful history that many folks consider as good or perhaps in some instances better that Solingens or Sheffields -

Most of the ones that I look for came out the Western New York, specifically - Genco and Ontario Cutlery out of Geneva, NY - and the Cattaraugus Valley/Little Valley razors - Cataraugus Cutlery, Case, Twins, Engstrom, Korn, and other manufacturers in New York State like Red Points (made in Utica) and Robesons (very highly respected, made in Rochester, NY).

Other great America razors are the Shumates, Keen Kutters, and Toreys (do a search for Torey on the BST, and see what you come up with) -

That isn't all of them by a long shot - but pretty much at the turn of the century, anything they could do, we could do, did, and do as good or better - I think a lot of the mystique of Solingen and Sheffield razors especially, is in the name since to users of cutlery, swords and so forth - Sheffield was pretty much *the* place to get anything made from steel for centuries - the reputation stuck, and rather gives the American razors an undeserved short-bus designation.

K