Thread: Some pages from old catalog.

Originally Posted by manah

Here two pages(in high resolution) from Hibbard,Spencer,Bartlett & Co catalog 1917.
http://manah.strazors.com/1917_catalog.pdf

Wow! When you factor in ninty-three years of inflation - razors are a much better buy today.

For those of you who do not know; Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett became True Value Hardware.

Originally Posted by John Crowley

Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett became True Value Hardware.

Yes. Approximately since 1960. But the trademark "True Value" was used by Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett since 1930.

And back then the ivory scales tripled the price.

to be continued ...
One more pages from old catalogs.
http://manah.strazors.com/1902_1904.pdf

manah,
Thanks for these.

I think the Boker and Genco page (page 468 in the above link) is from 1917. I haven't seen the Genco pennant stamp prior to 1916 in my google research the last few days.
see here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

Of course you couldn't see.
Genco in business since 1916.
The page in the file above, most likely, from the catalog 1922.
I have one.

Alex have you seen anything to help with this thread????

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ers-notch.html


Thanks

Originally Posted by gugi

And back then the ivory scales tripled the price.

Some things never change, eh?



Marcos

I have a the Boker Damascus magnetic steel that's in the 1898 catalog. Also have some of the other pipe razors and wade & butchers, but I don't see a w&b with bamboo scales in the catalog. Could this one have been rescaled?

There're some interesting razors in this Gray & Dudley Hardware Co. catalog, 1905.