🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Old Warranted Butcher's Cleaver

[UnderMiner]

I found this old warranted butcher's cleaver in the trash a few days ago. I think it's from the late 19th century or the early 20th at the very latest, but I haven't been able to find any information about the company that produced it.

Has anyone any information on the company E. V. Alford & Co. of Brooklyn NY? Thanks.

 

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[pepperj]

Can you make out any of the ghost writing where it's stamped 8.

 

[UnderMiner]

Can you make out any of the ghost writing where it's stamped 8.

I think that's just how the steel is, besides the arrow stamped under the writing.

 

[releventchair]

I found this old warranted butcher's cleaver in the trash a few days ago. I think it's from the late 19th century or the early 20th at the very latest, but I haven't been able to find any information about the company that produced it.

Has anyone any information on the company E. V. Alford & Co. of Brooklyn NY? Thanks.

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Page 14 has them making fixtures.

Butchers' Advocate, Dressed Poultry and the Food Merchant

books.google.com

This document has EV Alford ordering beef and fish some-things....

1929 Lamson Goodnow E V Alford Pittsfield MA Signed Fish Beef Ephemera P1176C | eBay

E V Alford Pittsfield MA Signed Fish Beef - Letter(s) Paperwork. You will receive the item(s) pictured in detail in the first photos.

www.ebay.com

What's interesting is you have a fixture builder(I'm guessing wooden stuff) named Lamson and Goodnow that's names would be on renown knives.
And a hotel (?) type customer (or butcher?) in EV ALford with thier name on your cleaver.
With no cutlery business mentioned.

IF it's the same outfit , is it really related to nearly ten years laters founding of a cutlery co.?

Lamson Brand History - Country Knives

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[dognose]

nice cleaver.

 

[UnderMiner]

Page 14 has them making fixtures.

Butchers' Advocate, Dressed Poultry and the Food Merchant

books.google.com

This document has EV Alford ordering beef and fish some-things....

1929 Lamson Goodnow E V Alford Pittsfield MA Signed Fish Beef Ephemera P1176C | eBay

E V Alford Pittsfield MA Signed Fish Beef - Letter(s) Paperwork. You will receive the item(s) pictured in detail in the first photos.

www.ebay.com

What's interesting is you have a fixture builder(I'm guessing wooden stuff) named Lamson and Goodnow that's names would be on renown knives.
And a hotel (?) type customer (or butcher?) in EV ALford with thier name on your cleaver.
With no cutlery business mentioned.

IF it's the same outfit , is it really related to nearly ten years laters founding of a cutlery co.?

Lamson Brand History - Country Knives

Read the Lamson Brand History. Learn about Lamson background as well as the variety of knives and tools Country Knives offers from this top brand.

www.countryknives.com

Very interesting. If that E. V. Alford made fixtures, that means they likely had the ability to make knives too!

 

[HuntinDog]

hard to believe that someone would throw that away...

 

[Blackfoot58]

hard to believe that someone would throw that away...

One person’s trash…