Paddle Strop with Drawer

Greetings everyone,

I just posted this on the Show and Tell sub-forum, but then I thought you guys might be interested too. I picked up this strop at the Flea Market today. The leather is not in great condition, but it could probably still be used. However, I like it because it has a neat little drawer on one side, to store your razor in. The drawer, which is mostly metal, pulls completely out, and it has a small reservoir for rouge at the far end. I had never seen one like this, so I bought it for four dollars.

After I got home, I checked the strop over with a magnifying glass, but I couldn’t find any maker’s mark. I checked eBay and the forum, but I didn’t find another one like this. I was beginning to think this was homemade, but then I found the same strop on Etsy. They claim the strop is from the 1800’s, but I don’t know how they determined that.

Here are some photos of the strop:

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-Chris

that's nice! good price too. looks like a good candidate for some easy restoration.

That is a neat find! Have never seen anything like it and for 4$ I think you did really well:)

Nice find. Would be a good travel setup

Similar strops are still made:

TI strops & accessories

Scroll down to the "B-strop". You see old ones on eBay in Europe fairly often.

Cheers, Steve