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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...

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...

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?

I saw The Italian in the AD you provided! Seems obvious a 'for and by' Italian barber supplier in the U.S.

O-TAY, Arnold!


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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!

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

Def pre-war!

Martin will be along?

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

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...