Thread: Smith & Wesson????

Interesting, especially the part about no country of manufacture marked on it. Like I said above, I've a LOT of "old name" yet newly made Chinese cutlery that was marked with what looked like a felt stamp and ink. You could wipe it off in about two seconds with some spit on your finger.

The Chinese are making some good cutlery in a very few select plants. Most of the stuff that comes from there is nothing more than a knife shaped object.

I'm looking forward to see if you can get that puppy turned into a razor.

HONE ON DUDE!!

I see a lot of these "knives" on eBay and in knife catalogs. They are, in fact, knives, but I've heard of people honing them and shaving with them. The problem is many people who want to try straight razor shaving get suckered into buying these things and never get to experience shaving with a "real" straight razor. When they can't get the thing sharp, or do get it sharp and get a poor shave, they throw in the towel give up.

One thing these knives are good for is practicing how to strop.

Times were tough for S&W for awhile. Trade marked a lot of stuff.
Interesting. I was at the Remington Museum and asked about their knives. They had a lot of old posters up. Told by one of their staff that the original Posters sold for more the the knife does now! What does that tell you?

Those smith and wesson razors are trash.
and a waste of every penny.