Blade Sharpener

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Blade Sharpener

Entry/Object ID

1987.025.003 a-c

Description

- White ceramic razor blade sharpener; one side roughened, other, underside shiny smooth surface. - Box is red. Coloured lid has French instruction inside. Top reads "The Wizard - Razor Blade Sharpener 250 Home Specialties Mfg. Co., Overbrook, Ont." - Inside bottom of box is instructions in English - "Save blades and money thereby helping our war effort." - Box damaged and worn. Sharpener has some darkened area on rough surface but undamaged.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Storey, Joy B. Mrs.

Notes

Accession Date: 01-Jul-87 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Whetstone

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sharpener, Metal

Nomenclature Class

Metalworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

sharpener, blade sharpener

Created By

Banman, Corrine

Create Date

September 7, 1995

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 14, 2026