Times were tough during the Great Depression. S&W turned to manufacturing some household goods to try and stay afloat. The Blade Saver was used to hold a safety razor and strop it like a straight razor, to extend the life and reuse the blade.
Only made for around 3 years during the 30s.
I quit school in elementary because of recess.......too many games --Riff Raff--
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An old shed in my back yard has a fuse panel made by Colt.
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Really interesting piece of history that points to the saying “tough times don’t last, tough people do.”
The people who thought those products to keep their companies afloat exhibited genuine innovation in the face of adversity.
It begs the question how many people in corporate America would be as innovative as them in the face of adversity?
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
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