Thread: Nice old strop

Found a nice old strop today. Leather should come back nicely with some saddle soap neatsfoot and elbow grease. Wondering if someone might know the logo? Looks to be some wings under and arrow that says "5rd" or "3rd" or 8"rd" or maybe not even that! Looks like there is text in the wings as well that might say something like **ood on the top and "**ort" on the bottom. This also might be completely wrong. anyway any idea's? Seams to be a great strop to be sure!

Maybe SRD in the arrow.

Thanks to a friend maker has been found! S.R.Droescher. Here is a link to a stone with same logo here on on SRP:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/aucti...e-thought.html

I doubt they made the strop. They were mostly a retailer. Probably had a strop maker do it for them and put their name on it. That was a common practice and strop making was a specialized thing.

SR Droescher made razors and hones too....I know they bought stones from Escher and sold them under the SRD name.