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Thanks for the link, Bill! Old Boisseau was quite the man. Hard to stop reading it there!

In researching H King I found an interesting tidbit. Messers King and Halsted were almost certainly acquainted as Hezekiah King began his business life in 1840 with JD Wolfe, Bishop, and Co .
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Well, Gents. I suppose it is time to do the little SRP victory dance! You lead, Bill! :D

Then, I wonder if 'Blanks for concaving' were not purchased, the razors finished/stamped? Any good cutler could accomplish it and deem himself the 'maker' and would not show up as an 'official' maker.

Precisely why I suspect this (our) Mr Halsted (If this is indeed the man whose name is on the razors) to have been a businessman, knowledgeable of all manufactured items in order to have this post. ...

Well. I suppose that this particular D.C. Halsted was on a panel of English top-dogs which seemingly voted their favorites at the fair and presented their findings to the Monarchy. Must have been an...

Tells me a D C Halsted reported on the 1854 World's Fair in New York?

The hole was punched in during the forging process in the old days. They used no blade spacers, so the blade-to-scale friction kept them quite tight. Not really an issue, but many nowadays make...

It does not make me feel any better, Neil, but I could not find a thing. Only the name shown in Goins (useless as usual!).
I suspect an export/import operation such as H and JW King in New York...

I have summoned the Great Neil Miller. If anyone knows of Halsted, it would be him? :shrug:

We cannot tell you, Bill. We would have to kill you if we did! ";"

Nice! Strange lack of info on Halsted. Perhaps someone will come along who knows? It certainly seems a ringer for a Wade and Butcher!