Thread: American Knife Co. Plymouth Hollow, Conn.

Man, those wrench knives are neat! While in Little Valley, there seems to be a lot of names on razors from there. I wonder how many are from but a few makers such as George Korn?

Take this one. A "Legal Razor Co"! Cannot find anything on it.

Didnt find anything here as well, very little valley style looking razor! Perhaps a wash-stamp razor?
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1076987

Wow! He did not mind naming names, did he? If you were stamping an illegal razor, it would seem strange to stamp it "Legal Razor"! I am learning a lot of razors were not made by who the purchaser thinks. It seems a common practice by all makers, and some purported ones!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Wow! He did not mind naming names, did he? If you were stamping an illegal razor, it would seem strange to stamp it "Legal Razor"! I am learning a lot of razors were not made by who the purchaser thinks. It seems a common practice by all makers, and some purported ones!

Funny how i was just reading yesterday that Cattaraugus was unable to keep up with demands........guess they found a way!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Man! This Case history is NUTS! So My question is how was W.R. Case related to the original Case Brothers?

Well both firms were started by different Case brothers. Case Brothers Cutlery by Jean, John and Andrew Case, and W.R. Case & Son by Russ Case, both companies were distributors of cutlery, only a few years later did they start actually manufacturing their own cutlery.
An interesting tidbit about this is that Russ Case used his Fathers birthyear (1847.when it really was founded in 1902)date as a founding date for the company and his grand -father picture (job) for marketting purpose.

Another family connection was W.R. Case daughter Mary Theresa married Herbert Crandall. He started in 1898 Little Valley Knife Association. Unlike many timelines that claim 1900.


LVKA was only marketting with products made by Platts and Napanoch, closed its doors around 1905, because Herbert had just founded Crandall cutlery company in Bradford PA.

Crandall was quite succesfull in Pa but a certain Emerson Case at Robeson is said to have somehow taken a few ideas from Herbert, like the idea about Sure Edge that somehow became SHUREDGE at robeson.

Another interesting aspect of the Case Family especially William russell Case was that he was quite the "cut-throat" businessman, he wanted to own all the cutlerys in that region. He didnt want any competitors, if he was unable to buy the company, he would get one of his family members to marry in the family! And it really worked for him, he was able to get Platts Cutlery Company, Crandall Cutlery Company,
Unique Knife Company and Robinson Knife Company using his method!

Corporate espionage from the bedroom.
Now the stories getting good.

Indeed. Sounds like old-time European arranged royal marriages. The cutlery business was big back then! I suppose those daughters were sometimes more vauable than sons!

Yeah Tom
But why do I get the feeling that William Case's daughters were real hatchet faces.
I think the term back then was " A sturdy woman"
Yikes!!!!!