Straight Razor with Celluloid Handle
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on one side of the blade reads “WADE & BUTCHER / SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND.” That on the handle reads “SPECIAL” as does that on the other side of the blade. Razors made by Wade & Butcher in Sheffield, England, were available in the U.S. by 1826.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 2006.0098.1244
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1244
objectType: label: Object Name
content: straight razor with celluloid handle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: carbon steel (razor material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 16 cm x .8 cm; 7/8 in x 6 5/16 in x 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, closed: 3/8 in x 6 in x 7/8 in; .9525 cm x 15.24 cm x 2.2225 cm