Thread: Thoughts on this Hope razor?

Originally Posted by manah

2Neil Miller, This mark from the germans dagger, made by J.A. Schmidt, period WWII. This company are still in business as Kuno Ritter.
But J.M. Schmid not connect to him and not connect to the Hope Cutlery.
Yes, John M. Schmid & Son was at 259 Westminister St., Providence, Rhode Island.1871 - 1964.
Trademark "Hope" was used by many companies.

I should re-read my posting - I was not implying that J A Schmidt (notice that I did not omit the "t" even though I forgot the "m" in the first bit) were connected with J M Schmid - I would have thought (and hoped) that was obvious.

To reiterate the obvious - the Hope cutlery tangs sometimes had J A Schmidt (notice the "t"!) on the tangs, not J M Schmid.

I hope that clarifies things for you.

As promised, a very bad picture of my first hope cutlery