Okay, after lurking about the board for a better part of a year... I'm sticking my big toe in here....
Not that I'm a collector of razors. I'm a local history nut & about two years ago I discovered about the knife manufactures in Ulster Co., NY. The more I learned, the more I got sucked into collecting the knives from those fascinating enterprises. However, last May, I came across on the bay a straight razor with a tang stamp: New York Knife Co. / Walden, N.Y. I have not come across anything even hinting that they made razors. Even more bizarre was the seller's location was in Estonia (formerly part of Russia). Fortunately the price was low enough to take a gamble. It looks great!... but is it authentic?
Then I found a thread on AAPK about Electric Cutlery Co. straight razors... and hope there is a actual connection here. In 1903, the Fuller Bros. of Electric Cutlery Co., Newark, NJ purchased New York Knife Co. and ironically that factory and their Hammer Brand line almost immediately became the primary operation. The Newark plant was closed down in 1910 and the Electric Cutlery Co. line manufactured at Walden was discontinued in 1920.
Apparently, Electric had a product line of straight razors. After "merging" with NY Knife, did they continue the line under the new name (hence explaining the razor in the photo)? ....perhaps still making them in Newark until 1910? ....or did they move the operation to Walden as the tang stamp suggests? ....an inquiring mind wants to know.
’til later….
KAW
"Everlasting Sharp" means…. never having a dull moment.
Not that I'm a collector of razors. I'm a local history nut & about two years ago I discovered about the knife manufactures in Ulster Co., NY. The more I learned, the more I got sucked into collecting the knives from those fascinating enterprises. However, last May, I came across on the bay a straight razor with a tang stamp: New York Knife Co. / Walden, N.Y. I have not come across anything even hinting that they made razors. Even more bizarre was the seller's location was in Estonia (formerly part of Russia). Fortunately the price was low enough to take a gamble. It looks great!... but is it authentic?
Then I found a thread on AAPK about Electric Cutlery Co. straight razors... and hope there is a actual connection here. In 1903, the Fuller Bros. of Electric Cutlery Co., Newark, NJ purchased New York Knife Co. and ironically that factory and their Hammer Brand line almost immediately became the primary operation. The Newark plant was closed down in 1910 and the Electric Cutlery Co. line manufactured at Walden was discontinued in 1920.
Apparently, Electric had a product line of straight razors. After "merging" with NY Knife, did they continue the line under the new name (hence explaining the razor in the photo)? ....perhaps still making them in Newark until 1910? ....or did they move the operation to Walden as the tang stamp suggests? ....an inquiring mind wants to know.
’til later….
KAW
"Everlasting Sharp" means…. never having a dull moment.
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