Straight Razor with Celluloid Handle
date: label: date made
content: 1870-1939
name: label: maker
content: Simmons Hardware Co.
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on one side of the blade reads “K / 44/ KEEN KUTTER.” That on the other reads “SIMMONS HDWE CO. / MFRS. & DISTRIBUTORS / U.S.A.” 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: 2006.0098.1252
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1252
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: 1.8 cm x 15 cm x .8 cm; 11/16 in x 5 7/8 in x 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, closed: 7/16 in x 5 7/8 in x 13/16 in; 1.11125 cm x 14.9225 cm x 2.06375 cm