Razor

2001.052.0003AB

Straight Razor, Belle Plaine, 1910
Title
Straight Razor, Belle Plaine, 1910
Creation Date
1910

Dimensions

6.5 in. L Item (Overall)

Description
Men's straight razor. Black plastic handle with a brass pin at each end, one which holds the razor to the handle. Razor blade stamped "The Original and Only Genuine Pipe Razor Manufactured Soley By Geo. Wostenholm & Son, Mark-Granted AD 1694." and then stamped with pipe symbol. Opposite side of razor stamped "George Wostenholm & Son, Sole Manufacturers of the Original & True (pipe symbol) Razor, Sheffield- England." Used by the Kahle family in Belle Plaine
Geographic Notes
Sheffield/England

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