Thread: American Knife Co. Plymouth Hollow, Conn.

Aha, found it! (The Clauss article). This is actually not the precise thing I was thinking of, instead it's them denying that they'd done it (somewhat unconvincingly).





OCR version: (annoyingly sans punctuation)

HENKLE CLAUSS CO FILE REPLY

The reply of the Henkle Clauss Co Fremont Ohio charged by the Federal Trade Commission with unfair competition denies that it sells to jobbers and retailers at prices ranging from $4.00 to $6.00 per dozen razors which are defective or otherwise unsuitable for the market packed singly in cases which said cases bear labels on which are printed a false and fictitious resale price to wit $3.00 and the word Special Quality Fully Warranted which said words also are false that said false and fictitious price and said false words are calculated to and so mislead and deceive the purchasing public into the belief that a high grade razor is contained in said case notwithstanding said razors are sold to the public at a much lower price than $3.00

The company also denies that it manufactures and sells razors which are defective or otherwise unsuitable for the market upon which is imprinted the word Sheffield without any marks to show the true place of origin of said razors and denies the use of the word Sheffield on razors of inferior quality made in the United States which razors are defective and unsuitable for market

Further answering respondent says that it has never manufactured razors upon which was imprinted the word Sheffield and has never imprinted the word Sheffield upon any razor manufactured by it

By way of explanation the company says that about the 1st day of May 1919 it purchased from The Clauss Shear Company a Maine corporation its factory and business at Fremont Ohio the said factory and certain machinery tools equipment raw material material in process of manufacture and finished products of said The Clauss Shear Company The Clauss Shear Company had prior to said time been engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling cutlery including razors and so respondent was and is informed and therefore alleges as true said The Clauss Shear Company in the course of its said business imported from Germany and England divers quantities of scissors and razors which it then sold in the usual course of its business That shortly after the purchase of said factory and property from said The Clauss Shear Company this respondent found among said property so acquired a small quantity of razors and razor blades the exact number of which is not now known to this respondent on which was stamped or imprinted the word Sheffield That respondent assumed and believed and therefore alleges that said razors and razor blades had been manufactured in Sheffield F ngland and had been imported by said The Clauss Shear Company That a part of said razors were found packed singly in cases and that said cases bore labels on which were printed certain words or figures not now known to respondent That respondent packed the remainder of said razors in cases similar to those so found packed and which cases were also so acquired from said The Clauss Shear Company and fitted handles to said razor blades so acquired and packed the finished razors in like cases That because of the small quantity of said razors and the expense incident thereto this respondent did not list said razors in its catalog that respondent manufactures razors in large quantities for jobbers and manufacturers and under the names and brands of various jobbers and manufacturers and because of this sold said razors above mentioned as acquired from said The Clauss Shear Company in odd lots at prices much less than their actual worth That said razors so sold were of good quality and of various patterns and in odd lots and were not sold by respondent with intent to mislead or defraud the purchasing public but were sold in entire good faith Respondent further says that its principal executive officers had no knowledge of the sales so made by their subordinates and immediately after their attention was called thereto ordered that no further sales thereof be made and that no sales of said razors have been made during the past year or so

This respondent therefore prays that the complaint heretofore filed herein may be dismissed and for such orders and relief as may be proper

Greeting from Northwest Arkansas,

I been collectin razors for about 10 years, last year or so I've settled on just American Made Razors, mostly robesons, and Little Valley types.

Here are a couple that i've not seen in this thread, Waterville Cutlery Co., Comments please.

Thanks,
Gary

Well, Welcome! Nice Waterville's! Dang! Goins sez 1865-1890. These look newer? Some cool info will come.......I am looking......Where is Wullie?

Waterville Cutlery Co.







I like tangs of these razors.

Nice razors, Is it just me or do all of these razors look new? I think the ones I have are NOS but not possitive. Box says Established 1843, Standard Guide to Razors, say 1865- 1890. All of the above razors look really good for almost 150 years old. Maybe we all just got really lucky to find such well perserved razors. Is it possible that a cashe of NOS razors was found and released into the market?? I got mine via ebay about 18 months ago. Looking forward to more information.

Thanks, Gary

Yeah, the boxes pictured say EST, 1842, I think. Are not gold washed blades starting from from the 30's or 40's?

Gary,

Those two Watervilles are beautiful and sure look NOS to me. Just my thinking is that they were probably made toward the end of the life of the company. I'm basing that strictly on the style of the razors. I have what I think is an NOS Challenge Razor Works that pre-dates 1898 and its style is very similar.

I have a few Challenge razors, I'll dig em out and compare, I'll let you know. What do you think about what Sharptonn said about the gold wash?

GMK

Originally Posted by GMK45

I have a few Challenge razors, I'll dig em out and compare, I'll let you know. What do you think about what Sharptonn said about the gold wash?

GMK

I've got at least one or maybe two Torreys that have gold wash and I think they are turn of the century. Not sure though.

Originally Posted by GMK45

I have a few Challenge razors, I'll dig em out and compare, I'll let you know. What do you think about what Sharptonn said about the gold wash?

GMK

Mine is pictured on page 4, post #31 of this thread if you haven't seen it already.

As for when they started the gold wash? I've no clue. I think some of the earlier Bokers had some gold wash and I've seen it in the etches of older Sheffields. Like this Unwin and Rodgers for instance