A.ULMER Straight Razor

[garddogg56]

I inherited my Grandfathers jewlers tools and in the draws I found several straight razors and some unbelievable jewlers tools made in USA and Solenger Germany but one razor is of great interest to me it's a A ULMER made in Portland Maine it was in a box that said Geneva Cutlery Corp Geneva N.Y.USA.-PYRAMID BRAND.I am going to research A.ULMER in the Portland area but has anyone ever heard of this brand? My Dad tells me my granddad worked as a welder during world war two at the South Portland ship yard they built Liberty ships and he also sharpened razors and knives on the side while also repairing Union Stations clock,tower clocks and watches he was quite a man..thank for any info.

[garddogg56]

Also on the otherside of the tang in bold capital letters is ASCO.

[ringergary]

Geneva Cutlery, Geneva, NY. 1902--1935.


ULMER, Germany, 1869--1928.

ASCO Cutlery Co. 1900--1910


Thats all I could find, hope it helps.



cheers Gary.

[FRJ]

This from Goins encyclopedia.
Good luck in your search.

[garddogg56]

Thanx fella's;I found out that my Granddad worked for C.F.AFTA WORLD WAR ONE AND HE LEARNED HOW TO WORK BLADES as an apprentice there when it was located at 225 Middle St.Portland..I'm still going to do more searching, C.F.AND Adolf were importers of cutlery and Specialties.

[grandpaulmer]

In response to the question about A. Ulmer, my great-grandfather Adolf was a cutlerer in Portland, Maine and he came from Germany, near Stuttgart. I have a knife and a pair of scissors he made and somewhere a book about old Portland that has a little write up about him. He was married to someone named Lina/Lena and they had at least 5 children. Not sure where his shop was in Portland but it must be the same A. Ulmer. Hope this helps your search.
Jennifer

[grandpaulmer]

In response to my previous post about my great-grandfather A. Ulmer, if you want further contact please use [email protected]

[Miller Bro's]

Could you post some pictures of the knife and scissors?

[garddogg56]

In response to the question about A. Ulmer, my great-grandfather Adolf was a cutlerer in Portland, Maine and he came from Germany, near Stuttgart. I have a knife and a pair of scissors he made and somewhere a book about old Portland that has a little write up about him. He was married to someone named Lina/Lena and they had at least 5 children. Not sure where his shop was in Portland but it must be the same A. Ulmer. Hope this helps your search.
Jennifer

Wow Jen, thats wild do you know what year he was in Portland?

[cattaraugus57]

Great stuff! I just started to research about this since I just moved here.
I was wondering where it was,what type of building and if it remains today.?