Thread: History of Edwin (family pass down)

Hello All!

An age old question from us 1st time owners, "What is this blades history/ Where the heck did this thing come from?" other than some family member.
I've been searching around for details but have turned up nill (most likely because I've not been good at navigating this site...though love to read!)

So the Details:

Blade:

• Marks between blade and pivot "James Edwin Damascus Steel Sheffield"
• 5/8" wide
• 1/4 Hollow
• French/Irish point
• Single Shoulder
• Lengthy Tail (1" from pivot center)
• Slightly Hollow Spine
• Honed Out Toe
• 3" Length (Shoulder to Point)

Scale:

• Yellow with faint thin stripes (very narrow stripes)
• Appears to be plastic in nature
• Black Spacers between Scales

Box (I severely doubt this is the same one it came in):

• "M. E. Waite Utica, N. Y."
• Price $3.00

I'll post pictures in time, but thats all for now. No I'm not a 'price seeker' or anything like that, I'm just a guy who likes to put old tools back into use (my primary employment is metal working, though my second passion is the restoration and reinstatment of old tools in mine/others daily life. Sharpening 100+ teeth on a 7' two man saw isn't quite as fine or delicate work as one straight razor ) Thank you all for entertaining this novice's inquiry!

Welcome to SRP Neil. I don't have any history on your razors but I'm sure a member will assist if they can. Most info would be specific to the details of the razor so pictures are almost a must and we all enjoy eye candy here. Hope someone can assist you. Good luck.

The last of the photos, thank you all for your help. I find it most amusing that what ever razor first came in this case cost $3.00...

I recently learned from my trip down to Duluth that this case is typical of a replaceable razor blade straight razor...so I was right in my guess it didn't match, though my compatriot down there didn't have any information on this blade either.

Neat old razor.

If you think about it, $3.00 "back in the day" would buy a LOT of stuff and represented a serious investment.

Funnily enough, even with an exaggerated age (lets assume 1930), this price would only come out to roughly $40.41 dollars* today. Not a lot by today's standards. Even if one worked as a temp (like I do) with a take home of less than 9 dollars an hour, that equates to 4.6 hours of work for easily 8.5 fold (50ish years).

Even in 1930 to rent a house it cost $15 a month. The average yearly wage was just under 2k.

But, such price change is always one to be taken into consideration, thanks for the thought!

*conversion found here: CPI Inflation Calculator