When Wahl decided to introduce a lower priced line, it was the Wahl Oxford, and if using the Wahl name with it weren’t enough, many were stamped "Made in USA from the makers of Eversharp." Wahl Oxfords – at least as far as the pencils went – tended to be every bit as good as the company’s Eversharps, and they were even in many cases identical.
Here are about the earliest Wahl Oxfords I’ve been able to find. They surfaced as a pair in an online auction a couple months ago . . .
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