Waterville Cutlery, "Hand Forged" 4/8

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Manufacturer| Waterville Cutlery
Region| Waterville neighborhood of Waterbury, CT USA
Date| 1890-1913
Size| 4/8
Point| Barber's Notch
Shoulder|
Jimps|
Scales| Celluloid
Steel| Carbon

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Manufacturer Waterville Cutlery
Model Hand Forged
Region Waterville neighborhood of Waterbury, CT USA
Date 1890-1913
"1890-1913" contains a sequence that could not be interpreted against an available match matrix for date components.
Grind Full Hollow
Size 4/8
Point Barber's Notch
Shoulder
Spine Decoration
Jimps
Scales Celluloid
Steel Carbon
Image Waterville - Hand Forged 001.jpgWaterville - Hand Forged 002.jpgWaterville - Hand Forged 003.jpg


In 1890 George L. Jenks bought out Sprague & Boyden cutlery manufacturers and incorporated Waterville Cutlery Waterbury, Connecticut USA. Sprague & Boyden had succeeded Waterville Manufacturing which had earlier succeeded Leavenworth & Kendrick which even earlier had taken over Waterville's original entrepreneurs - 3 button makers among whom was Noah Webster's son William. Jenks dropped his interest in Waterville Cutlery in 1896. Company president W. Sumner Babcock improved Waterville, but died within a few years thereafter and by 1913 the property was approved for sale by the Superior Court.[1]

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