Originally Posted by
Pithor
Some great info yet again, Neill. Just one modification, "la Haye" means "Den Haag" in Dutch, which in English would be "The Hague", in the west of The Netherlands, in the province of South-Holland, and is situated only about 60 km south-west of Amsterdam (also, rather archaicly, known as 's Gravenhage).
I also, possibly falsely, assume they were related. There might have been two Bastet-firms active at the same time (calling for the T.F. distinction) or one cmoved from The Hague to Amsterdam and continued where the other left off. They are relatively close.
Or it may just be a coincidence that two Bastets supplied razors in close vicinity of each other during the same century.:p
A lot of razor manufacturers also produced all kinds of knives and woodworking tools, E.A. Berg among others (E.A. Berg chisels still fetch a nice price at auctions). I assume many manufacturers in other countries may have done the same.