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Thread: Makers signature?
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02-17-2018, 07:26 AM #1
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Thanked: 110Makers signature?
Hello everyone.. Hope everyone is doing well. So a few months ago I come across this vintage The Electric Cutlery Co #250 paddle strop at an antique store. To my surprise both sides are in good shape just needed a little Neat's on the leather. It works great but don't use too much except for a couple razors that that really seem to like this strop. I was using it on one of those razors the other day and I dropped the strop and the leather side flips open exposing underneath. Thankfully the 3 tiny original tack's stay in the leather.. As can be seen in a few photos there is a name printed in pencil on the wood handle. It's hard to make out the last name just because of writing but wondering if that is a QC signature, maker signature, etc? It is a women's name with no numbers, dates, stamp, just a signature. Just a quick look at this and you can tell it was never redone or opened up before so I'm assuming it wasn't the buyers signature.. Anyone have a guess as to it being assembler/QC signature from company? Thanks for any responses... Scott
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02-17-2018, 07:46 AM #2
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Thanked: 433Very cool!!
It looks like it reads "Katie Murphy" that old script is very hard to read
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02-17-2018, 08:05 AM #3
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Thanked: 110My wife said she thought the last name is Murphy also. Looking at it through a 10x was still hard to decipher.. I'm not even sure I'll tack it back down. Like you said I think it's pretty cool..
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03-19-2018, 04:24 PM #4
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Thanked: 3795"Old script?" To me that looks like normal cursive writing, which of course is quickly becoming a mystery to younger generations.
I think it is just as likely that the signature is that of the owner rather than the maker.
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04-02-2018, 06:27 PM #5
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Thanked: 315And it looks like they were practicing.
Katie K K Katie Murphy
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04-03-2018, 01:36 PM #6
Abandoning cursive. That concept began for me back in Jr. High (1963-1964). We were taught to print, all capital letters for daily writing applications. It has stuck with me for over 55 years.
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04-04-2018, 03:46 AM #7
Funny I graduated high school in 97 and all of our writing was cursive. As others have said above it looks like modern cursive and says Katie Murphy.