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CASE hair clipper/beard trimmer
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:01 pm
by mypepsi5
Here I go picking your brains again
I found a unusual looking gadget, which I am told is for trimming hair or beards, that has on its handle:
SENECA WR CASE & SONS CUTLERY CO
BRADFORD, PENNA
Haven't seen anything like it listed anywhere. Does anyone know of Case making things other than knives? Also, can you tell by the handle how old it is? THANKS SO MUCH!!!
Re: CASE hair clipper/beard trimmer
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:02 pm
by philco
Hi Deb,
We have some members here who really know their stuff, expecially when it comes to Case. Sadly I am not one of them
, but I do know that pictures really help to properly identify any cutlery item. If you could post some photos of this gadget, including closeup shots of any brand labeling, it would help greatly.
Phil
Re: CASE hair clipper/beard trimmer
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:51 am
by sextonknifeworks
Is this the trimmers that the head looks like a set of hair clippers and you squeze the handles to make the head work? If so.....
I have owned a set of these before. I think they were made in the 1940-50's. They made 3 sizes with the largest being the El Gonquin ( I think), this is the one I had.
Please post a picture.
Re: CASE hair clipper/beard trimmer
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:30 pm
by allmightyoz
sexton, i just picked up a set of the w.r. case and sons algonquian hair clippers today for 2 bucks. Remember how much you got out of yours? I can't seem to find information on them anywhere.
Re: CASE hair clipper/beard trimmer
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:56 pm
by knife-nut
If I remember right, I saw a pair of them in Jim Sargents book a few years back.
Re: CASE hair clipper/beard trimmer
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:01 pm
by jerryd6818
Well if this is what y'all are talking about, I hate these things. My Dad cut my hair with these right up until the time I moved out of the house. They get a little dull and they PULL your hair. Hurts a bit.
Re: CASE hair clipper/beard trimmer
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 1:04 am
by allmightyoz
yes sir that would be it. i have first and second editions of sargents, ill have to check to see if they are in there. but jeeze the prices are probably way outdated i would assume.
Re: CASE hair clipper/beard trimmer
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:34 am
by FRJ
I too, have had my hair "cut" with those things. Makes you want to fight.........
Re: CASE hair clipper/beard trimmer
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:30 pm
by orvet
FRJ wrote:I too, have had my hair "cut" with those things. Makes you want to fight.........
My dad used those things too.
They should have been named “Hair Pullers.”
I think the same guy who invented tweezers designed them.
Joe is absolutely right! They pull hair so badly they bring tears to your eyes
and you just want to start swinging blindly!
I hated those “clippers” so much that I got a job at 12 years old and paid for my own haircuts at the barbershop after that! ....True story!