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07-02-2009, 02:12 AM #1Senior Member
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You know just over a year ago I started a thread right hear in this forum asking that same question.
The consensus was:
…during the reign of the “big blades” America imported from other countries but there were no established American distributes yet. By the time distributors became organized and began importing razors with there own names stamped on them, the trend was for smaller blades.
Give kaptain_zero the credit for figuring that out.
Here is the post
I suppose some time later American manufacturers began forging razors but by that time, even worldwide, razors larger than 6/8 were rarely manufactured.Last edited by smythe; 07-02-2009 at 05:43 AM.
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07-02-2009, 03:29 AM #2Senior Member
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Ah, Kaptain Zero. I wish Christian was still an active member on SRP. He kind of drifted away. Our loss!
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07-02-2009, 01:53 PM #3Connoisseur of steel
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Clauss, Robeson, and Torrey made 6/8ths blades, but the largest I've found from Waterville, Case, and Union are 11/16ths.
7/8ths or larger US blades may be out there, but as John C stated, they are rare.
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07-04-2009, 02:50 AM #4Senior Member
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Ok, I'm in on this one: here are a 13/16 American Knife Co. Plymouth 1/4 hollow ground, a 13/16 hollow ground Holley Lakeville, 13/16 Holley Lakeville wedge, and a 7/8 hollow ground Worcester. All are fine shavers! Cheers!
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07-04-2009, 02:54 AM #5Know thyself
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Nice blades, Croaker. I especially like 2 and 3 (3 looks quite English, and I like that).
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07-04-2009, 03:01 AM #6Senior Member
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Interesting and absolutely correct that you should say that, because Mr. Holley brought in some unnamed English cutlers to make razors for him in Lakeville Conn. in 1846. My wedge looks to be that old.
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07-04-2009, 03:09 AM #7
Gorgeous...but number one looks eerily familiar...
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07-04-2009, 03:21 AM #8Senior Member
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Originally Posted by JimR
Jim, yours sure does look like it has the identical blade pattern as mine. (check your cabinets; the Croaker may have absconded with it one dark night.. and altered the markings!) Maybe the American Knife Co. imported from Beardsley and Alvord and just put their own name on them? I think the groove was to reduce blade weight. Even so, it is a beefy cutter.
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