Wow. You guys are better than good--you're magic!
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Wow. You guys are better than good--you're magic!
I need to clean mine up too!
I found an ivory scaled Allen and tried to dig up what I could. Attached is a PDF of a timeline of the "Allen" Brand. It looks like they were only at 37 Strand for the late part of the 1800's. All I could find were ads in various catalogs.
Attachment 42520
Note the dressing case at the very bottom of the file w/ the two razors... I would kill to find one of those still around!
Nice job of research! Thanks for the great ad reproductions. Imagine, bags with SQUARE openings....and 500 other items. Since enlisted men or NCO's would hardly frequent an establishment like Allens, unless they were quartermasters purchasing for their units, I think any razor sold there would qualify as an officers razor. We are all hereby promoted! I loved that Russian leather toiletry kit, too.