Dad's stuff
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 4:14 pm
My first time on the straight razor forum but I'm not a collector.
I found this stuff in Dad's kit and was interested to hear what anyone had to say about them, especially the rather stiff strands of I don't know what wrapped in brown paper accompanying the razor, and also the little strop thing with the cog wheels.
The first time I saw these things was after his death because he always used a safety razor in my time and these razors have not been touched for at least sixty years.
I don't know if they are old enough to be my grandfather's which my father kept but never used, or if Dad used it in the RAF during WWll.
Grandfather died about 60 years ago.
I also have his leather strop with canvas on the back.
I remember as a kid these strops hanging on the barbers chairs and they would grab one end and flip the razor back and forth a few times before cutting my hair. No electric clippers then, only scissors, comb and straight razor.
I found this stuff in Dad's kit and was interested to hear what anyone had to say about them, especially the rather stiff strands of I don't know what wrapped in brown paper accompanying the razor, and also the little strop thing with the cog wheels.
I don't know if they are old enough to be my grandfather's which my father kept but never used, or if Dad used it in the RAF during WWll.
Grandfather died about 60 years ago.
I also have his leather strop with canvas on the back.
I remember as a kid these strops hanging on the barbers chairs and they would grab one end and flip the razor back and forth a few times before cutting my hair. No electric clippers then, only scissors, comb and straight razor.
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