You can strap with any strop , but you can't strop with any strap .:hmmm:
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You can strap with any strop , but you can't strop with any strap .:hmmm:
Bravo!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by dave5225
strop
In my limited lexicon strop denotes the leather thing you rub a razor upon. A strap can mean too many other things for it to work well with my razors.";"
Well said!!! Must be a strop then...Quote:
Originally Posted by dave5225
It really doesn't matter but strop sounds special.
strop (strhttp://img.tfd.com/hm/GIF/obreve.gifp)
n. 1. A strap, especially a short rope whose ends are spliced together to make a ring.
2. A flexible strip of leather or canvas used for sharpening a razor.
tr.v. stropped, strop·ping, strops
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Now my question is this: Who is "us"? 19th century Americans? Hmm? Hmm? :hmmm:Quote:
Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 455 Strap, a razor-strop is, with us, generally called a razor-strap
Well I say let's call it a chazwozzle and be done with the whole thing.
James.
I've always called it a strop. In reading stories and such, when used with the razor it is called strop and when used to discipline a child, strap.
Allen
Growing up on the farm, there were plenty of handy implements for punishment, but I guess in retrospect I should be grateful my dad used an electric razor.