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01-09-2012, 05:54 PM #1Senior Member
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Saunders Strop????
I found this and wondered if anyone has any info on them. Used to be my grandfathers or so thats the story I got.
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01-17-2012, 05:22 PM #2Senior Member
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There was a George Saunders, born in England but relocated in New York, who had a barber and strop business.
Whether this is the same George Saunders who made your strop I don't know, but George Saunders & Son of Strand, London, submitted samples of their wares to the Great Exhibition in 1851, amongst which was their patented 'Metallic Tablet Razor Strop" - I think I can just make out the word 'metallic' on your box. They also made bars of strop dressing and other things, like kaleidoscopes!
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Neil
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01-17-2012, 05:27 PM #3what Dad calls me
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Definitely looks to read "Metallic Tablet".
It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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01-17-2012, 05:40 PM #4Senior Member
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Yes it does read metallic tablet. Wow! Thanks for the info. My grandfather was a rough character. He was a Machine gunner in the Austrian Army per WW1 and a bootlegger here in New Haven during prohibition . I wonder if he used this strop to keep his favorite shaver sharp to shave with or to cut a throat or two.
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