Strop

Object Name:: Strop
Object ID:: 1980.017.003
Date:: 1850-1870
Description:: Strop. Leather, wood, and iron. Rectangular wood support, 0.4" thick. Exposed areas medium-brown, hardwood. One end rounded with hanging hole that tapers slightly to neck for holding it. Leather section ~22.8" long. Leather wrapped around square end and held in place by four iron tacks. Near handle, leather tapers to a point and held down with tacks. Surface of leather quite hard in some areas and slightly softer in other areas. Two good-sized holes in leather. Also, oval section near bottom end with punch marks around edge to make oval pattern, ~6" long x 0.8" wide. One small area with deep notch from edge of right side. On back side of handle, dark accretions and many hardened flat lumps of unknown material. Hanging hole ~0.55" in diameter.
Material:: Wood
Leather
Iron
Dimensions:: H-0.55 W-2 L-26.3 inches
Provenance:: From the estate of Charles Symonds, Loudon, NH, purchased at T.R. Langdell auction, June 28, 1980. The Symonds family included leatherworkers David H. Symonds (1804-1877) and his son George Symonds (1838-1930) of Concord, NH. The family also lived in Hopkinton, NH.
Credit Line:: New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase