Rare US Military 1954 Top Flight 6 Burrell Case Cutlery Co Straight Razor 11/16
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:46723280 | Brand: Burrell Cutlery Co. |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: United States | Modified Item: No |
| Handmade: Yes | Featured Refinements: Straight Razor Case |
U.S. Military 1954 Top Flight 6 by Burrell Cutlery Co straight razor. Korean War Vietnam era.
Blade measures 11/16 just a hair short of 6/8ths.
Brass pins are snug and intact, with no wiggle or wobble. Scales have no pin cracks. One scale has the initials DC inscribed on the side. I like to imagine those were the initials of the brave American soldier it belonged to.Burrell Cutlery
Founded by Harold and Addie Case Burrell,
Ellicottville, New ...York
1940-2006Addie Case started her 80-year career in cutlery at Case Brothers in Little Valley, a teenager in the office working with her father, uncles, brothers and sister. Later she followed her brother Dean Case to help found Kinfolks, and her husband Harold Burrell (who had worked for W.R. Case & Sons, among others) and Addie took advantage of the brewing hostilities in Europe to launch Burrell Cutlery in 1940, on Rockwell Avenue in Ellicottville. Supplying its patented “Top Flight” straight razors and surgical instruments to the US Military, Burrell later specialized in producing for other major industry players, Cutco, Sog and W.R. Case & Sons included. Burrell Cutlery lasted three generations until John Burrell – the last Case cutler – retired in 2006.We don't use stock photo's so the item you see is the one you'll receive.
Shipped free via USPS.
Blade measures 11/16 just a hair short of 6/8ths.
Brass pins are snug and intact, with no wiggle or wobble. Scales have no pin cracks. One scale has the initials DC inscribed on the side. I like to imagine those were the initials of the brave American soldier it belonged to.Burrell Cutlery
Founded by Harold and Addie Case Burrell,
Ellicottville, New ...York
1940-2006Addie Case started her 80-year career in cutlery at Case Brothers in Little Valley, a teenager in the office working with her father, uncles, brothers and sister. Later she followed her brother Dean Case to help found Kinfolks, and her husband Harold Burrell (who had worked for W.R. Case & Sons, among others) and Addie took advantage of the brewing hostilities in Europe to launch Burrell Cutlery in 1940, on Rockwell Avenue in Ellicottville. Supplying its patented “Top Flight” straight razors and surgical instruments to the US Military, Burrell later specialized in producing for other major industry players, Cutco, Sog and W.R. Case & Sons included. Burrell Cutlery lasted three generations until John Burrell – the last Case cutler – retired in 2006.We don't use stock photo's so the item you see is the one you'll receive.
Shipped free via USPS.
