Wood Travel Kit-How old is it?

**ChrisL** · 02-09-2008, 05:15 AM

I bought this off Ebay approx a month ago. I found it intriguing. It's a hand made wood travel kit complete with a velvet lined razor coffin, a strop and....a hone. Condition is only fair, but I bought it mainly to use it as a prototype sometime to make something similar for myself. Does anyone have any idea how old this might be? I think the best clue to a leather expert may be from looking at the pic of the underside of the strop. The leather has a defined "cross hatch" impression that may date it.

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Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

Chris L

**JMS** · 02-09-2008, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by Chrisl

I bought this off Ebay approx a month ago. I found it intriguing. It's a hand made wood travel kit complete with a velvet lined razor coffin, a strop and....a hone. Condition is only fair, but I bought it mainly to use it as a prototype sometime to make something similar for myself. Does anyone have any idea how old this might be? I think the best clue to a leather expert may be from looking at the pic of the underside of the strop. The leather has a defined "cross hatch" impression that may date it.

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Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

Chris L

The cross hatch pattern suggests that it is russian shell! As for the rest, I can not comment! Your links are invalid!