Tripoli Barber supply of Philadelphia

Not so much about a razor, but a business here.
Tripoli BS is seen on a plethora of barber/shaving related vintage goods here. I have seen razors, strops, hones, etc and so forth marked as from their establishment.
Seemingly a satellite of PJM.
Were I to take a guess, I might see the company predating WWII and awakening after.
Same as DublDuck, CMon, BelAro, other names previously supplied by the PJM network.

Anyway, I have a razor and some strops from 606 Ninth St, Philadelphia.

Anyone know about Tripoli BS?

No, but I guess I will be learning about them here.

My Tripoli razor is a ringer for a brother of post-war Ducks and later Cmon's
The connection is there, I think?

Quick search says the company was created Feb. 28, 1918.

Def pre-war!

Martin will be along?

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Interesting, shall be following along..
And that trademark picture of Charles would not be popular after the war I reckon...or at least that style of 'Stache..

Tuzi 1918 is what I'm finding as well. Not so much information so far, some advertisement.
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The search goes on.

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Thanks, Tuzi~! Looks a bit Adolfish? ;)

It's "Via Bicycle" now at the 606 S. 9th St. location. Weirdest thing is Google maps street view you can aim the arrow at the front door and go into the bike store, turn around, and go back out. Never been able to do that in street view before. So, you can go in and see what it looks like today.
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Interesting that Tuzi's revelation has them at 606 South Ninth St in 1930 and Martin's shared ad has them at 525. Any date on that ad, Martin? I think yours is older!

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

My Tripoli razor is a ringer for a brother of post-war Ducks and later Cmon's
The connection is there, I think?

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No guessing here,,,,,

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O-TAY, Arnold!


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Sorry Tuzi Looks like it was 1911.
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I saw The Italian in the AD you provided! Seems obvious a 'for and by' Italian barber supplier in the U.S.

Seems we can say they began at 525 and moved up to 606 at least til 1930.
They may have taken over the block, as was common?

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

Seems we can say they began at 525 and moved up to 606 at least til 1930.
They may have taken over the block, as was common?

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Move to 606 around 1925 so it seems from the advertisement.

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Sorry Tuzi Looks like it was 1911.
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You're the man, Martin! Once again, nice work!!

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

Seems we can say they began at 525 and moved up to 606 at least til 1930.
They may have taken over the block, as was common?

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Looks like they were at 604-606 in the 50's Long live co for sure.
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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.

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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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.

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Denatured?? The good stuff was not denatured.

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Denatured?? The good stuff was not denatured.

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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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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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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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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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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!

Here is my favorite , a friend of many years:
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Not so dry as she looks!
~Richard

Nice gear, gents!

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Here is my favorite , a friend of many years:

Not so dry as she looks!
~Richard

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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.

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

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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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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I noticed that also. I found a few Melchior steps locally. The Tripoli is the only one I found.
~Richard

As to the stamps, I remember an ebay seller had a pile of strop and other leather stamps for sale a long while back from the workshop of Charles A Koenig of San Francisco.
Most of the pics are gone, but some info is still there. Historic Embossing Dies Barber Shop Druggist Hardware Circa 1910 1925 Hot Stamps

That was quite a nice collection of stamps, the price however was crazy. And no bids, hmmmm. It does sort of point to common sources for many products, like strops. Interesting stuff.