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    Default King Razor Mfg Co Beaver tooth Razor

    Does anyone know about King Razor Mfg Co in general, or the Beaver Tooth razor specifically? I purchased a razor on ebay for $7 total (as you can imagine, I didn't care too much about doing proper research at that price). I could find some basic information about King online, but other than their location (First Pittsburg PA, then Indiana, PA. Mine is stamped Indiana) and dates of operation (1904-1919), I couldn't find anything.

    Here are pictures of the entire razor, and the mfg stamps.

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    Welcome to SRP!
    I restored some razors from this company. Good razors.
    Here one of them:



    King Razor MFG.Co. was founded in 1904, by Winfield C.King, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    In 1911, the company was re-organized in Indianna, Pennsylvania.
    The company was closed in 1919.
    So, your razor was made 1911-1919.
    Last edited by manah; 07-01-2011 at 11:05 PM.
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    Kings are real nice shavers. I think I have 4 of them in my personal rotation now.

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    I have one King Mfg. but mine was made in St. Louis, definitely an amazing shaver and I picked it up for only a few bucks. Obviously this is only my opinion, but I like it better than my Friodur and Case razors.

    On a side note.. I think the King Mfg. Co that made my razor is completely unrelated to the one in PA. (based on Manah's post)

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    The pic. would be helpful.
    But, most likely, your razor was made by another company, not by King Razor MFG.Co.
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    After I went back and looked, it's King MFG. CO. not King Razor MFG.

    It's an awesome shaver, just haven't had the time to give it a good cleaning yet


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