"Strop" redirects here. For the Australian comic character, see John Cornell.
Device for straightening and polishing blades
A straight razor with a hanging strop
A razor strop or simply a strop (sometimes called a razor strap or strap) is a flexible strip of leather, canvas, denim fabric, balsa wood, or other soft material, used to straighten and polish the blade of a straight razor, a knife, or a woodworking tool such as a chisel. In many cases stropping re-aligns parts of the blade edge that have been bent out of alignment. In other cases, especially when abrasive polishing compound is used, stropping may remove a small amount of metal (functionally equivalent to lapping). Stropping can also burnish (i.e., push metal around on) the blade.[1]
The strop may be a hanging strop or a hand-held paddle. Various abrasive compounds may be applied to the strop to aid in polishing the blade while stropping to obtain a mirror-like finish. Common abrasive compounds include half-micron diamonds, green chromium(III) oxide, white rouge (aluminum oxide), and jeweller's rouge (iron(III) oxide).
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A razorstrop or simply a strop (sometimes called a razor strap or strap) is a flexible strip of leather, canvas, denim fabric, balsa wood, or other soft...
razors require considerable skill to hone and strop, and require more care during shaving. Straight razor design and use was once a major portion of the...
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razors but do not require stropping and honing. The first step towards a safer-to-use razor was the guard razor – also called a straight safety razor...
with hard particles, such as sandpaper. Additionally, a leather razorstrop, or strop, is often used to straighten and polish an edge. The smaller the...
the time used blades that required stropping before use and after a time had to be honed by a cutler, Gillette's razor used a disposable blade with two...
eponymous product was a sophisticated safety-razor which promoted with the slogan "The razor that is stropped and honed in its case". The case was a rigid...
offense. He later told an interviewer that his father beat him with a razorstrop three times a week from the ages of six to 11 years. He says that it...
with disposable blades outsold competitors whose razors required stropping. Gillette marketed their razor by designing a military-only case decorated with...
and would often whip his sons, Frank Jr., Gary, and Gaylen, with a razorstrop, whip, or a belt for little or no reason. Less often, he would beat his...
bottom part of a letter "J". For this reason, straight edge razors are frequently stropped to straighten the edge. Drawing a blade across any material...
techniques as well as high-carbon/low alloy tool steels. Knife sharpening Razorstrop "What Does Steeling Do? Part 1". scienceofsharp. 2018-08-22. Retrieved...
for increased safety and convenience. Some models use replaceable shaving razor blades, while others have permanently-fitted blades. Linear blade sharpeners...
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around the house humming the blues and my daddy wanted to get me with the razorstrop, but I hit the door". Thornton explained her early love of the blues...
production of razorstrops, to sharpen razors used in shaving. With the advent of the safety razor in 1912, however, the need for razorstrops waned, and...
under different applications. Blade Grinding machine Knife sharpening Razorstrop Saw set Sharpening jig Sharpening stone Jonathan Donner (18 August 2006)...
blade had to be attached to a special holder, stropped with a leather belt, and placed back into the razor. After a time, the blade needed to be honed by...
cassinoides. Its roots produce a soft and spongy wood that is used for floats, razorstrops, and the inner soles of shoes. In spite of its use for lumber, Tabebuia...
on the harmonica, the guitar, and the razorstrop, which he played by striking it rhythmically with his razor. Walton was recorded in his barber shop...
initially sold by the Auto Strop Safety Razor Company, a competitor to razor and blade manufacturer Gillette Safety Razor Company, founded by Mr. King...
in 1830. Between 1830 and 1840 he made his fortune through the 'magic razorstrop' which bears his name After the Crimean war and a fashion for beards...
most of the dead, and cut long strips of flesh from others for use as razorstrops. U.S. forces captured an additional 75 Native Americans. Of the total...
Hunter C. Haynes (1867 – January 1, 1918) was an innovator of strops to sharpen razor blades, founded a barbershop supply company, and was a film producer...
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