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Wow, a top shelf, American made....unusually shaped mint condition blade on carved and shaped ivory handle. “Turner & Cowlinshaw Meriden, Conn.” (JOSEPH TURNER. President of the J. R. Torrey Razor Company was born in Sheffield. England. 1838 and died in Worcester, February 25, 1907. For a period of twenty-five years he worked at his trade in his native city, and then in 1870, came to this country under contract with Heinisch & Sons, manufacturer of shears at Newark, New Jersey, as foreman of a razor manufacturing plant they were about to establish. He had charge of the erection and installation of machinery in the new building and was superintendent of the razor-making department until he resigned in 1872. Mr. Turner had to give personal instruction to the mechanics in his employ, teaching them the art of making razors. The field seemed promising for more concerns of this kind, and he engaged in business as partner in the firm of Turner & Cowlisliaw and began to manufacture razors at Meriden, Connecticut, under the firm name of Turner & Cowlishaw Razor Manufacturing Company. From the beginning the new firm produced a high quality of razors and found a ready market for all the product. From time to time the facilities of the firm were enlarged and the business extended rapidly. To the work of the factory Mr. Turner gave his personal attention, instructing his men, improving machinery and methods. In 1876 he bought out his partner and became the sole owner of the business. This company produced razors for the J.R. Torrey Razor Company.) super fine and rare. C-1870.
