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    I think the name for strop in german is streichreimen.

    Does anybody know what it is in french?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ernestrome
    I think the name for strop in german is streichreimen.

    Does anybody know what it is in french?
    Le Strop

    Babelfish gives it as 'Cuir' (which is also french for 'leather')

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    If you search for cuir on ebay.fr you get a whole bunch of gags and so on! Only autostrops found using "strop"

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    Cuir a rasoir is the French name on my paddle strop.

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    Thank you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ernestrome
    I think the name for strop in german is streichreimen.

    Does anybody know what it is in french?

    Le Streichreimen

    Nenad

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    Un affuteur de coupe chou, or just un affuteur. Gleaned from ebay.fr listings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ernestrome
    I think the name for strop in german is streichreimen.

    Does anybody know what it is in french?

    How about "Le Strop"

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    In Hebrew, a "strop" (n) is: רצועת השחזה (sharpening belt); "to strop" or "stropping" (vt) is להשחיז ברצועת השחזה (to sharpen on a strop).

    When I first got to Israel (1/1980), there were still old men from Europe, who would come around once-a-week, going door-to-door, sharpening knives and scissors.

    Since both sides of my family are from the Ukraine (Minsk and Zatslav), part of the unfolding appeal of wetshaving for me is this "bridging a 'lost generation'" through the shaving and associated hardware and its regular maintenance.
    You can have everything, and still not have enough.
    I'd give it all up, for just a little more.

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