Thread: C.F. Wolfertz & Co. "Dog Powered Razor Grinding"

Croaker, That is a fine "tale" about Wolfertz using dog power! WOLFertz~DOG, mighty interesting...

Once I had a little Honda Accord. I broke the driver side window. Since I had to have my car for work, I just left the entire door at the auto glass repair shop and drove the car minus the door for a day. Ironically, on that unusual day there were LARGE dogs at every stop and intersection!... There I was-helpless from attack! I never made eye contact and survived. Some of those dogs could have powered an entire factory! Try doing that sometimes. The kids will love it. The wife will hate it. A summertime thing to do. RRR

Originally Posted by timberrr59

Croaker, That is a fine "tale" about Wolfertz using dog power! WOLFertz~DOG, mighty interesting...

Once I had a little Honda Accord. I broke the driver side window. Since I had to have my car for work, I just left the entire door at the auto glass repair shop and drove the car minus the door for a day. Ironically, on that unusual day there were LARGE dogs at every stop and intersection!... There I was-helpless from attack! I never made eye contact and survived. Some of those dogs could have powered an entire factory! Try doing that sometimes. The kids will love it. The wife will hate it. A summertime thing to do. RRR

Ha, only in texas. I can't even drive my jeep without the doors on without being pulled over.

Thanks Croaker for the great information on CF Wolfertz Co. Pa. a very industrial area at one time. I'm originally from Reading, not too far from Allentown. Would love to come across one of their razors.

That is a cool story, do ya suppose his last name motivated him to use dog power?
Thanks for the history
Tony B

I have one of those. Check out the scales. These babies are hand made all the way. Looks like someone took whatever scrap they had laying around to do it too. The wood is crudely finished, the two sides are a different material and the spacer is made of reinforced rubber (tire rubber maybe?). What I see in this razor is love. Someone sure loved this razor and what I am thinking is that the scales broke, but they wanted to keep using it, so they made their own. I see pride in the workmanship here. I wouldn't change a thing about it. Now, to get it sharpened and in use again...






Also by checking here: http://www.uniclectica.com/misc/manuf.html
I discovered this:

CF WOLFERTZ CO
Allentown, Pennsylvania
ca. 1862 - 1873

WOLFERTZ & WALDMAN
Allentown, Pennsylvania
ca. 1873 - 1905

WOLFERTZ & CO
Allentown, Pennsylvania
ca. 1905 - 1944


So It looks like our razors fall into the 1862 - 1873 timeframe. Anyone think that is wrong?

Thanks for your photos and uniclectica dates, thevez2. You have a razor that will hone up to be a nice shaver, and which deserves some new scales. I believe yours and mine are in the 1905-1940 date range, based on my Goins' reference and the blade style. I think they are way too hollow ground for 1862, IMO.

Originally Posted by Croaker

Thanks for your photos and uniclectica dates, thevez2. You have a razor that will hone up to be a nice shaver, and which deserves some new scales. I believe yours and mine are in the 1905-1940 date range, based on my Goins' reference and the blade style. I think they are way too hollow ground for 1862, IMO.

Oh, OK. I was just basing it off the fact that it is stamped C.F. and the uniclectica reference only shows C.F for the earlier dates. I guess it doesn't work that way.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by thevez2

So It looks like our razors fall into the 1862 - 1873 timeframe. Anyone think that is wrong?

Could be that the original blank is from back then, but not the grind. Especially on yours I think it's pretty clear how it was reground to full hollow with double stabilizer.

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I have a blade that was made in England. It has Peter E Buck and Ashland PA on the tang. Ashland is even closer to me than Allentown. The scales are steel rimmed and are a green material I'm not familiar with. The blade is etched with "Sensation Without Rival Without Peer." Anyone know anything about this brand?

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Interestingly enough, someone just messaged me on ebay about this razor. The person said that Peter Buck was his great, great, great, grandfather. He would like the razor as a piece of his family history. I asked him if he could provide us with some of the companys history.

Originally Posted by jcsixx

Interestingly enough, someone just messaged me on ebay about this razor. The person said that Peter Buck was his great, great, great, grandfather. He would like the razor as a piece of his family history. I asked him if he could provide us with some of the companys history.

Wow, another PA maker! Please post some pictures if you can. Thanks.