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A straight razor is a razor with a blade that can fold into its handle. [1] [2] They are also called open razors and cut-throat razors. [3] [4] [5] The predecessors of the modern straight razors include bronze razors, with cutting edges and fixed handles, produced by craftsmen from Ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom (1569 — 1081 BC). Solid ...
An assisted-opening knife is a type of folding knife which uses an internal mechanism to finish the opening of the blade once the user has partially opened it using a flipper or thumbstud attached to the blade. [1] When the knife is in the closed position, the blade is held in place by means of torsion springs and an additional blade lock ...
Higonokami knives. A higonokami is a type of folding pocket knife originating in Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1896.The knife has no locking system, but is a friction folder or "penny knife", [1] using the friction of the swivel or the pressure of the user's thumb on its iconic lever or chikiri, to prevent the knife from folding during use.
When the Hobo (54HB) is closed, it resembles a regular Trapper. The handle splits apart revealing a separate knife, fork, spoon and bottle opener. Case produced two variations of the Hobo ('51 and '52) from the early 1900s-1940. These were made with two to four utensil implements using a can opener, soup spoon, three-pronged fork, and knife blade.
American Safety Razor Company is a personal care brand founded in 1906 by a merger of the Gem Cutlery Company and Ever-Ready. It is a principal competitor to Gillette , with which it shared a name from 1901 to 1904, when the latter renamed for its founder, King C. Gillette . [ 1 ]
Safety razors at the time were essentially short pieces of a straight razor clamped to a holder. The blade had to be stropped before each shave and after a time needed to be honed by a cutler. [8] Gillette's invention was inspired by his mentor at Crown Cork & Seal Company, William Painter, who had invented the Crown cork. Painter encouraged ...
Underground location at 33rd St in Manhattan, 1948 A Hoffritz branded straight edge razor. Hoffritz for Cutlery was a specialty retail chain selling cutlery, primarily in the New York metropolitan area. Founded in 1932 in New York City, it grew slowly into a 23 store chain by the mid-1970s.
Variations in razor head designs include straight safety bar (SB), open comb (OC)(toothed) bar, [33] adjustable razors, and slant bar razors. The slant bar was a common design in Germany in which the blade is slightly angled and curved along its length to make for a slicing action and a more rigid cutting edge.