Thread: Wooden Scale Advice

Originally Posted by DGilloon

To Neil's point. It was all about mass production, assembly lines and quality control. In 1918, $5,000,000 worth of razors were made and sold in the US, Germandy and England. That's a lot of scales and to product that many, manufacturers couldn't rely on natural elements in the production because of the fickle nature of those products. If you are going you make 500 razors this month, you needed to know that all the supplies needed would be consistant.

In the 1920's the industry trades publications actually hailed the switch to assembly line methods in the Sheffield factories as the American mass production methods were consisted more more efficent and more humane to the workers.

Manucfacturers couldn't rely on natural elements you say Looks like the Joseph Rodgers cutlery had their act together to me.