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    Thanks for all the info and adverts, Martin!
    These things tell the story, it would seem.
    A long-lived establishment, for certain!

    My razor is from the 50's I think
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    My strops would seem lots older. With the 606 address, they may be pre-war.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Martin103 View Post
    Interestingly the brothers Di Puppo Charles and Frank of Tripoli Barbers Supply during prohibition, recognize a golden opportunity for some extra cash, in the way of diverting some denatured Alcohol. Apparently it was easy for them to get permits for denatured alcohol for their Barbers supply business.
    Denatured?? The good stuff was not denatured.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    Denatured?? The good stuff was not denatured.
    Just reporting as I see it Richard, but I do know that prohibition killed thousands of people drinking weird concoction of booze.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Martin103 View Post
    Just reporting as I see it Richard, but I do know that prohibition killed thousands of people drinking weird concoction of booze.
    Yes, you are very correct in that statement. A Gov't social program that did not work as planned so they added even more poison to the mix and killed more persons. I am not pro booze or against it. But usually a Gov't "helping" program is not the answer to a problem.
    ~Richard

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    Yes, you are very correct in that statement. A Gov't social program that did not work as planned so they added even more poison to the mix and killed more persons. I am not pro booze or against it. But usually a Gov't "helping" program is not the answer to a problem.
    ~Richard
    That for sure Richard, I'm not against booze at all, but unfortunately seen the devastation it can do to someone and their families. Tom I can see the resemblance from that razor, all from the same place no doubt! And that's a sweet one!

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    Here is my favorite , a friend of many years:
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    Not so dry as she looks!
    ~Richard
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    Nice gear, gents!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    Here is my favorite , a friend of many years:

    Not so dry as she looks!
    ~Richard
    If I remember Tom's are Boar Hide, no mention about type of leather on yours? Always wondered who made all the strops for these barber Supply co.
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    I think that mine is a dyed shell. Though someone thought it was bison. It is thin as any strop I've had and so flexible it is a joy to use. It is strong and does not stretch.
    ~Richard

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    Richard, I noticed the stamp on the Tripoli strop looks very much like the stamp on the Melchior strop I got from you. Both were out of Philadelphia, also.

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    The number in the wreath is 164.
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