Smith&Wesson blade saver

[Qball]

Bought me a Smith&Wesson blade saver that i'm waiting for.
Read some where that it was originaly deliverd with stropp?
What was the maker of that?
Just want's to know what to search for on ebay (or other).

Or does any one have one for sale here?

 

[opoefc]

I've never heard of a strop being connected to the sale of the BladeSavers. S&W ads of the Bladesavers did not mention a strop. When S&W sold off the remaining inventory of Bladesavers there were no strops included. Perhaps a vendor or distributor of Bladesavers in the retail market ( S&W only sold to distributors, not to the public) offerd a strop to buyer of BladeSavers. Any man old enough to shave, probably already had a strop for what ever razor he was using before the bladesavers came along. The BladeSavers ( three styles for three different razor blades) came in individual yellowish celluloid sleeves, packed 12 to a red cardboard box, with a tissue paper set of instructions with each Bladesaver on how to use the Bladesaver.. Not one of S&Ws better ideas, however it did appeal to thrifty users of safety razors, as you could resharpen the blades over and over ( if the blades were quality blades), but as the price of new blades dropped to pennies, the lure of resharpening them became extinct. Ed.

 

[Qball]

Thank you, then i guess that any american made stropp will do.

 

[Qball]

Cool
The blade saver arrived today. Only seven days in transit.
Thank you Dan.

Fit's perfectly in my small shaving collection.

 

[Club Gun Fan]

The factory did offer a strop. It was mounted on a block of wood. There is a picture of it on page 266 of Roy's book, "HISTORY OF SMITH & WESSON". I have three strops that I bought from a former employee years ago, along with a full red box of #2 Bladesavers.

 

[Qball]

The factory did offer a strop. It was mounted on a block of wood. There is a picture of it on page 266 of Roy's book, "HISTORY OF SMITH & WESSON". I have three strops that I bought from a former employee years ago, along with a full red box of #2 Bladesavers.

Thank you sir.
Very interesting. Might you have pictures of your strops?
Would like to know more about them.

 

[opoefc]

Don is correct, I forgot about the wood blocks as I was picturing in my mind a standard leather strop, such as barbers used, for regular straight razor sharpening. Some purist will say these are not S&W items as they were marketed under a separate company "Wesson Products," set up by Harold Wesson in the 1920s. Ed#15

 

[Qball]

Unfortunatly i don't have Roy's book so if any one could
Scan side 266 for me i'd realy appreciate it.

 

[JSR III]

The bladesavers also came in three different versions. They are numbered with a Roman numeral over the clasp area. They are found as a I, II or III.

Be careful if you start collecting other products produced by the company or the next thing that you will need is a S&W flush valve. The only good thing that came out of the flush valve was that when they had design problems, Harold Wesson hired engineer Carl Hellstrom to solve the problem.

Thanks to Hellstrom and WW2, S&W survived the post depression 1930's.

 

[Modelof1891]

Wesson Products Blade Saver

The bladesavers also came in three different versions. They are numbered with a Roman numeral over the clasp area. They are found as a I, II or III.


The remaining Blade Savers I, II and III's that were pulled from production in 1936 were sold off in the 1950's. That source sold them to another and then to me. They were in all stages of production, some with a screw and nut to hold them together while in the making (before the rivet), some in the white, all blued, blued with gold letters and completed ones. I still have a good number of them and thought about listing them on the forum but have not had the time.
Interesting items but only lasted from 1923 to 1935 or 36. The three styles of razor blades were held in place by the different shape pins or studs inside the two parts that make up the Blade Saver.

 

[Modelof1891]

Don is correct, I forgot about the wood blocks as I was picturing in my mind a standard leather strop, such as barbers used, for regular straight razor sharpening. Some purist will say these are not S&W items as they were marketed under a separate company "Wesson Products," set up by Harold Wesson in the 1920s. Ed#15

The background paper shows the block with leather but it is not clear. This is also shown in the Antiques area under "How do you display"

 

[Qball]

Thank you sir
very interesting.

 

[Qball]

The bladesavers also came in three different versions. They are numbered with a Roman numeral over the clasp area. They are found as a I, II or III.


The remaining Blade Savers I, II and III's that were pulled from production in 1936 were sold off in the 1950's. That source sold them to another and then to me. They were in all stages of production, some with a screw and nut to hold them together while in the making (before the rivet), some in the white, all blued, blued with gold letters and completed ones. I still have a good number of them and thought about listing them on the forum but have not had the time.
Interesting items but only lasted from 1923 to 1935 or 36. The three styles of razor blades were held in place by the different shape pins or studs inside the two parts that make up the Blade Saver.

Thank you sir.

I'll keep my eyes glued at the "clasified" so i don't miss out if you deside to sell

 

[opoefc]

Around 1960, Numrich Gun parts listed bladesavers in their catalog. I called them and bought all they had, about 400 in all stages of finish, plus some in boxes, etc. Paid about $1 a piece. Some sets were in the white, never having received the blue before S&W sold them off as junk. I nickel plated some sets and gold plated a few with a little Texas Plater 6 volt dry cell plater. Someday collectors will scratch their collective heads over whether those are factory finished or??? I made up sets of Nos. 1,2 &3 and sold them at S&W meetings & gun shows for several years. Prices started at about $25 a set and were up to $200 a set by the time I finally sold the remaining sets. Ed #15

 

[moosedog]

I still have the factory engraved one you sold me in the 70s.

Ed let me make payments which I finally paid off in 2004. Thanks Ed.

 

[opoefc]

Moosedog, You know I always aim to please! But where do I cash those Food Stamps you sent? Ed. #15

 

[moosedog]

Any party store in Michigan Ed.