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I am selling an extra Edison toaster. It was made by the Edison Electric Appliance Company and is a nice accent piece to an Edison collection. It is small, attractive and only $40 postage paid. Thanks, Jerry Blais

A very interesting piece of history.

Hey, I have one of those---and it works, too! Do you have the cord for yours?

Sorry, no cords.

Mine came with. One of these would probably work: http://www.toastercentral.com/cords.htm

BTW, browsing that toastercentral site is a real nostalgia trip! I recognize several models (Sunbeam in particular) from my youth.

I have a similar one, I use it all the time. It lives next to the 1930s Manning-Bowman coffee percolator. It's great for bagels, and makes great toast. You just have to keep an eye on it, it toasts pretty fast.

The cords you can find very easily for a few bucks on ebay. If it sounds crunchy when you bend it, throw it away. That means the insulation is crumbling off of the wires.

Don't get me started on vintage appliances, I can go on forever!

I just looked at my Edison again. The cut-outs are a little fancier than Jerry's, but it's not as elegant as Brandon's. It's labeled (in the metal base) Simplex, and on the bottom model no. 816T26, 660W, 115V. It takes a cord with two spade lug ("flat spade") receptacles (the male ends are on the unit), not the more usual round prongs.. I think the cord with mine is original, although I have no way of knowing this for sure, but it is fabric covered in black and white, with a Bakelite(?) household plug, two-conductor of course. The female connector to the toaster is encased in some kind of hard rubber, a two-part affair held together with two small (1-72 or 2-56, I'm guessing) nuts/bolts. I've spent a good part of this morning taking the plugs apart, checking the wiring, cleaning the plugs, and putting it all back together. I plugged the cord in and nothing sparked or blew up; should probably check it with the VOM.