Thread: Grandmas response to straight shaving

Yesterday I told my beloved grandma that I was going to start using a straight razor. She responded "My father used to use a straight razor, I know that because he used a strop. My mother also used a strop and it really hurt!"

I just had to share that... The End.

Yep. All the old folks around here remember the strop doing double duty.

Norm

I have heard all it took was just one strop spanking experience to cure even the stubborn ones

Cheers
Ivo

Originally Posted by izlat

I have heard all it took was just one strop spanking experience to cure even the stubborn ones

Cheers
Ivo

I can vouch for that... a hickory switch (selected by the target) was also very popular back then.

that was my moma favorite wepon of choice me and my brother got it at least once a day. just to keep our bowles moving.

I'm not that old, but I darn well remember the duty it did in the end!!!
Ken.
Thinking about standing in memory...

When I got my old 1940 strop from ebay I had to try it out on my niece & nephew. I told them to remember this and tell their grandkids. Now one of their favorite games is to sneak up on the other with the strop and POW!

I heard that discipline is a good method
of keeping the strop supple...

- Scott

Originally Posted by sebell

I heard that discipline is a good method
of keeping the strop supple...

- Scott

Indeed the strop is coated with all the essential oils necessary during this activity.

Originally Posted by fallout55

When I got my old 1940 strop from ebay I had to try it out on my niece & nephew. I told them to remember this and tell their grandkids. Now one of their favorite games is to sneak up on the other with the strop and POW!

New use for Tony's practice strops.