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02-10-2013, 12:39 AM #1Senior Member
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I wouldn't call it a Solingen Knyn just yet, Tom...
Abraham Knyns makers mark was just a conjoined 'A' and 'K'
The number is a red-herring: it's just a pattern/model number.
What irks me is that I have seen that belt driven pulley/grinding wheel mark before...but I can't recall where!
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02-10-2013, 12:48 AM #2Razor Vulture
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It seems as if I have as well, Neil! It will show up somewhere. I figured that on the number, but 41. 1/2 cannot be very common? As I looked at the AK on the razor in Martin's second link, the "A" on it seems the same as the stanchions on the grinding wheel shaft on mine. Well, Perhaps not!~ Looking too hard, I suppose!
Thanks for chiming in! With you fellows, I have the best eyes looking!
Somebody will nail it!
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TomLast edited by sharptonn; 02-10-2013 at 12:57 AM.
"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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02-10-2013, 01:17 AM #3Senior Member
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I know what you mean about the stanchions, Tom - I keep thinking they could be an 'A. A.' but can only find one cutler with those initials and I can't find a makers mark for him.
Bonitomio's razor, the AK41, has the conjoined initials too:
Probably another red-herring anyway! Maybe we'll have to call in Dan 'DaVinci' Brown to crack the code...
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02-10-2013, 01:28 AM #4Razor Vulture
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HA! I was just going to try the A.A. as you replied! As to Dan 'DaVinci", I wonder if Alex has an answer?
So, it is Knyns instead of Knyn? Neat to learn of old makers in any case!gooser likes this."Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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02-10-2013, 06:02 PM #5Senior Member
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No Tom, it is Knyn - I should have used an apostrophe above.
Abraham Knyn, Solingen-Gräfrath in the 1922 Solingen directory. Abraham often shortened to Abr.
Business: Stahlwarenfabrik.
Zeppelinstrasse 103, Grafrath in 1931.
The family history cocerning blade making goes back to 1683. The family built several wooden 'schliefkotten' - water powered grinding mills - along the Wupper river to grind the blades for the family business.
Solingen state archives for 1846 - 88 record a concession granted to brothers C W and C J Knyn, and to Wilhelm Knyn, 1899 - 1919.
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02-10-2013, 06:15 PM #6
Here some info about Abraham Knyn:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...tml#post904809
And some info on German:
Solinger Schleifkotten an der Wupper - Zweiter Kotten :: Einleitung
Ahnenforschung bildet! • Thema - Adressbuch Gräfrath bei Solingen 1901Alex Ts.
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