Thread: well picked on up with a mental value to it ..

Originally Posted by Martin103

That razor definately screems sheffield but lets remember that at this time American cutlery companies employed many Sheffielders to work in
their cutlery. Perhaps is was made right here. Looks familiar?
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and yes this is an American made razor.

Oh yes, I well know they did. It was around 1870 that the Sheffielders really got cracking and moved production to America (I've got one of the Sanderson's catalogs of steel products from their Syracuse plant), and certainly enough foreign professionals had moved to American to cause culture clashes with grinding methods -- the French were baffled by the English who sat at the wheels instead of lying in front of them like a proper worker, and the Germans thought they were both odd to not stand at the grindstone.

It's definitely a good point that there was a lot of overlap around that time.

I'm curious though why you're so certain the American Knife Co. razor was made in America? (I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just genuinely curious what the evidence for that is -- this is all at the trailing edge of what I know most about).

Here! We missed you in this thread, Zak! http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...llow-conn.html

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Indeed, a dead ringer! Good thing for the OP that I missed the end of that auction! I was watching that one!

i dont know , i get strange and pay more cause i have a " i gotta have that " sickness in my melon ...lol..

thanks again everyone !!! im getting very excited the more i find out and this is gonna be a priority to get this thing going and put this blade to my face !!! thank you again everyone !!!

o btw- the seller got back with me on this and said one of his friends found the info on this razor in the Goins Book .. but all he found out was how he had it listed and a production range of 1875-1888 , pretty much in the same ball park as the responses i recieved !!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Here! We missed you in this thread, Zak! http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...llow-conn.html

Oh, cool! I love being wrong when it leads to big piles of delicious history like that!

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

I'm curious though why you're so certain the American Knife Co. razor was made in America? (I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just genuinely curious what the evidence for that is -- this is all at the trailing edge of what I know most about).

Well lets see i dont have any proof of being made in America but there is no evidence of them importing from Sheffield either. That said in the 1830-1850 that region was prime time for Sheffield cutlers. Most of the cutlery firms in connecticut employed Sheffielders, the Waterville, Union knife co, Frary cutlery co, and many many more. More importantly Charles W Platt, a Sheffield cutler imigrated in 1860 to Connecticut he and his family became so important in US cutlery firm like W R Case. There was definately a factory showed on the other thread.
From an old directory, notice how they use the word Make and not Import.