Thread: What are you working on?

Just flipped them again and slathered them good!



I am not afraid to fail!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Awesome! I think that would be Allegheny Instrument?

Your right on that Tom.
Damn smart phone....and it's spell check $#!+

Razor Bondage ,,,,,

Originally Posted by outback

Cleaned up two more tonight.
An AIC (American Instrument Corp.). and a No-Name.

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Is that 2 tone scales on the AIC? Looks nice

Interesting bit about AIC, outback.

I have learned a great deal about Carl Monkhouse, including the fact that he came to the US from Germany in the 30's as WWII was inevitable. Big salesman and self-promoter, he produced razors from San Francisco and then to New York as he teamed up with Burrell(Case family) and produced Top-flights and CMons in Ellicotteville along with lots of surgical instruments for the War efforts. He also partnered with AIC for a short while. I have not found who his grinder was, but from the early ones imported by PJM pre-war to the various American examples through the 50's, The signature is there.
His grandson and great-grandson are still in Allegheny in the cutlery business.

The later ones simply had his name upon them as he sold it to PJM, who began to make them in Germany again.
A nice AIC is somewhat rare, but every bit a Carl Monkhouse razor.



Here is a CMon wedge from Allegheny;

Originally Posted by AlanQ

Is that 2 tone scales on the AIC? Looks nice

Yes they are..!!
Blue and white.

Mines been altered. It should look like yours Tom, but the square point must have gotten broke. Its been turned into a round point... Horrible, will have to fix it someday.

Good hard steel and workers trained from Sheffield and Solingen, put that together and you have fine cutlery from New York. Seldom simple, but work horses.
Fine examples displayed here, Enjoy.

Originally Posted by Martin103

Good hard steel and workers trained from Sheffield and Solingen, put that together and you have fine cutlery from New York. Seldom simple, but work horses.
Fine examples displayed here, Enjoy.

Indeed, Martin! I am in search of a good example from San Francisco. Have not found it yet!

That's harder to find for sure, and costly.