Case is an American straight-razor brand with a web of related firms behind it. There is no direct Case stamp to year table in the sources that were checked; what exists are the years of operation of the firms around Case, and dated connections between them.
Case as a razor brand sits inside a web of American cutlery firms: Crandall Cutlery, formerly the Little Valley Knife Association, moved to Bradford in 1903 and joined W.R. Case & Sons in 1912; George W. Korn of Little Valley made razors for Case around 1900 to 1925; and Millbury Razor Co. was sold to Case Brothers around 1900.
Because razors were made for Case by outside works and Case razors were made for other firms, a Case stamp places the razor inside the network rather than inside one factory.
1 Case models are catalogued with their production years, specs and safety notes.
Browse the models →There is no stamp to year table in the sources. The honest approach is to identify which Case firm the stamp belongs to and to use the dated connections — Crandall to 1912, George W. Korn about 1900 to 1925 — as the surrounding context, plus the blade era markers.
Compiled from 50 published sources — the source library.