Phillips Business Directory,New York City, Cutlery & Cutlers 1883. Not all related to razors but quite a few are.
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Phillips Business Directory,New York City, Cutlery & Cutlers 1883. Not all related to razors but quite a few are.
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Dang it! I was hoping it would shed some light! Doesn't seem to? This thing lost half the text as it was reground, back in the day! Thanks, Martin! :rock:
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Is that a New York Stub Tail?
Well, it IS a stubbie and New York is on it! I was hoping I could match up the maker or seller to the half-obliterated name on the spine from that list. :shrug: I suppose it is older than the list, tho!
Looks like it reads "? & C Gascoigne" to me...
Regards,
Neil
You guys have good guesses! I think the J&C is likely. The A, O, S and I for certain. Hard to say!
J&C Gascoigne????
C. Gascoigne was an english cutler who went to the US (Winsted, Connecticut) in 1852 and set up in the cutlery/knife making business with another Englishman, Thompson - Thompson & Gascoigne - the Eagle Works. Some items were just stamped 'C. Gascoigne' I am told. Thy went bust in 1854 and two years later Beardsley & Alvord set up the Empire Knife Co on the site.
Regards,
Neil
Wonder if this is somewhat related?
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From New York Directory 1837
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We have a winner! 10 bucks and free ship on fleabay and nobudy wanted the poor thing! Whata piece of American history.
The New York on the tang puzzles me now. Suppose that Gasciogne was in New York before or after the Winstead deal??