Strop

Object Name:

Strop

Object ID:

1992.004

Creator:

Page Belting Company

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1930

Description:

Page "X-N-Trik" leather safety razor stropper in original box, never used, c. 1930. Leather belt 17" long, 2.25" wide, stamped in blue ink at bottom: "PAGE BELTING CO. / -MFR'S- / CONCORD. N.H.", and at top: "PAGE / X-N-TRIK / STROPPER". Metal hanger and cord at top end. Sliding metal device has holder for single-edge and double-edge blades, and swiveling finger hook for pulling up and down. Hook stamped "PAGE / STROPPER / PAGE BELTING / CO. / CONCORD, N.H. / MADE IN / U.S.A. / PAT. / JAN. 1926". Leather also stamped "OIL GEARS / KEEP TAUT / SOAP OR DRESS / FREQUENTLY". With instructions. Paper box, orange and blue, printed on all sides with company and product names and illustrations of man stropping and shaving.

Material:

Leather
Metal
Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.1 W-2.5 D-1.5 inches

Provenance:

One of about 1300 boxed strops found in 1991 by Page Belting employees in attic of factory. The company started selling them upon request in 1992 for $9.95 each.

Credit Line:

Gift of Page Belting Company

Subjects:

Shaving equipment