Historical information
This sharpening stone was likely manufactured in the late 1940's to 1950's in Littleton.
Significance
In 1932 the NORTON Company purchased the PIKE Manufacturing Company and changed the name to Norton Pike Company. In 1946, ground was broken for a one story brick and steel factory building in Littleton, New Hampshite was completed and occupied in the next year.
Physical description
Emery carborundum stone for honing shaving razors, produced by Norton Pike Company USA after 1932. It is contained in a cardboard box with directions for use on the cover.
Inscriptions & markings
On the left hand side of the cover are numbers: '4/9', '5/45' and lettering: EK, with a backward arrow underlined underneath and below that a 'H'
Subjects
References
- White Mountain History Describes the development of the Pike Company, a manuacturer of sharpening stones in Pike New Hampshire USA.
- Norton Pike Company History A history of the Norton-Pike Company Littleton New Hampshire writtten by ROBERT L. TOPPING in 1985.
