Thread: My Great Grandfather's Kropp

Hi Ladies and Gents,

I'm new to the forum! Hope you don't mind a South African joining in.

I got my interest piqued the other day when reading an article about straight razors, and started chatting to my father about it, and this morning, after a sleepless night for preparing for an exam, he handed me a little box with my Great Grandfather's Osbourne, Garrett & Co. 'Kropp' contained inside it.

I'm quite psyched about it. I will post photo's of it as soon as I have it in a neat condition (considering it has 50+ years worth of dust on it).

I'm really glad I decided to sign up, although I can't do much other than chat. Unfortunately living in ZA has it's limits. I found out today a whetstone would cost me one-fith my salary, and ever since Gillette made it's debut in ZA, all the old folks tossed out their straight razors, so finding an antique to serve as a "project razor", would be harder than finding a chicken with teeth!