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12-12-2006, 10:16 PM #1Senior Member
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Porpoise leather strops for tobacco tags..
Just take a look at this: http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/rjrtags/ill29.html
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12-12-2006, 11:16 PM #2Senior Member
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Thanks for sharing this. I enjoy old time
ads such as this, especially razor themed
ads.
Terry
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12-16-2006, 06:09 AM #3Senior Member
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They made strops out of Flipper?
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12-16-2006, 03:26 PM #4Senior Member
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The ad says porpoise finished. I wonder if that was some sort of treament/embossing to the leather like "diamond cut" or something?
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12-16-2006, 03:38 PM #5Face nicker
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Once again... They made strops out of Flipper
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12-16-2006, 04:01 PM #6Loudmouth
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Too expensive. They probably just used the fat to treat regular leather.
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12-28-2006, 04:30 PM #7Plays with Fire
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Perhaps they ran out of the horse hide from "Silver"
Originally Posted by spacetoast
('Hi-ho Silver, Away!')
C utz
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