Thread: Some say strap, some say strop. OED to the rescue!

CONVERSATION FROM THE LOCKER ROOM

"Didn't know people still used those."
"What, straight razors?"
"Yeah."
"Few of us dinosaurs out there still."
"My dad used to use those. Had that leather thing."
"Strop."
"Yeah, strap."
"No, strop. Like pop."
"Yeah, that. Gave me a few licks once on my behind. I looked like one of them monkey's with the red behind."
"Your father did it to improve the leather on his strop."
"Don't believe that."
"Yes, sure. The oils on the tush cure the leather on the strop."
"You're putting me on."
"Nah."
"So where is it?"
"Where's what?"
"Your strap thing."
"Strop thing, you mean."
"Yeah, that."
"I strop my razor at home before coming to the gym."
"Me? I don't need it anyway. I use electric."
"You know you can strop an electric razor."
"You're putting me on."
"I mean it. Makes it sharp as a light saber."
"Don't believe it."
"Seriously. That way you can cut your shave time to forty-five second flat — bing-bang and you're done."
"Get it over with fast — that's what I like."
"I'm telling you, get a strop and sharpen your electric razor on it."
"I'll think about it."
"There you go — strop your electric razor once a day and you can save all the time in the world."

Stropping off now,

Obie

From Webster's 1892 high school dictionary

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

From Webster's 1892 high school dictionary

Just out of curiosity, what does the entry for "strop" from the same dictionary say?

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

Just out of curiosity, what does the entry for "strop" from the same dictionary say?

Maybe there wasn't one

HMMMMMMMMM so I think that I will start a small razor sharpening shop and name it:

"STRAP AND STROP"

Originally Posted by str8razor

HMMMMMMMMM so I think that I will start a small razor sharpening shop and name it:

"STRAP AND STROP"

Your motto could be "Come for a strap, leave with a strop!"

James.