Straight Razor with Celluloid Hadle
date: label: date made
content: 1900 - 1939
name: label: maker
content: Simmons Hardware Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The inscriptions on one side of the blade read “K / 419 / KEEN KUTTER” and “ROYAL RAZOR / E. C. SIMMONS / KEEN KUTTER.” That on the other reads “SIMMONS HDWE CO. / MFRS. & DISTRIBUTORS / U.S.A.” That on the handle reads “ROYAL” The Simmons Hardware Co., of St. Louis, Mo., began marking their cutlery and tools “KEEN KUTTER” in 1866.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Missouri, St. Louis
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dadie and Norman B. Perlov
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1253
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1253
objectType: label: Object Name
content: straight razor
label: Object Name
content: straight razor with celluloid handle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (razor material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 15.4 cm x .8 cm; 13/16 in x 6 1/16 in x 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 6 1/8 in x 13/16 in; 1.11125 cm x 15.5575 cm x 2.06375 cm