Improvements in Razor Strops.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 1st June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Razor Strops.
I, DAVID OWEN of Ysciog, Builth, Breconshire, Clerk, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved razor strop, and has for its object to
provide an article of this description by means of which the razor can be more
easily and effectually sharpened.
In carrying out my invention, instead of using a strop fixed upon a slip of wood,
I propose to employ a cylindrical rod of the proper proportions, made of wood or
other suitable material. This rod is formed with a handle at one end and for the
greater part of its length is covered with a layer of leather of the kind commonly
used in razor strops. The leather is fixed by means of suitable cement, so as to
form a smooth and even surface cylindrical in shape, the line of junction of the
two edges being made quite smooth. One side of this strop may be covered with
With this form of strop a
paste as in ordinary strops, the other side being bare.
keener edge can be obtained for the razor with less difficulty than is found with
ordinary strops.
Dated this 8th day of March 1895.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
I, DAVID OWEN of Ysciog, Builth, Breconshire, Clerk, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved razor strop, and has for its object to
provide an article of this description by means of which the razor can be more
easily and effectually sharpened.
In carrying out my invention, instead of using a strop fixed upon a slip of wood,
I propose to employ a cylindrical rod of the proper proportions made of wood or
other suitable material. This rod is formed with a handle at one end and for the
greater part of its length is covered with a layer of leather of the kind commonly
used in razor strops. The leather is fixed by means of suitable cement, so as to
form a smooth and even surface cylindrical in shape, the line of junction of the two
edges being made quite smooth. One side of this strop may be covered with paste
as in ordinary strops, the other side being bare. With this form of strop a keener
edge can be obtained for the razor with less difficulty than is found with ordinary
strops.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side view of my
improved razor strop, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is a cross section
of the same.

page_text: A is the cylindrical rod forming the body of the strop furnished with the handle a
at one end. The layer of leather B is fixed round this rod by means of cement as
above described. One side of this leather covering is supplied with polishing
paste, the other being left bare as shown. This form of strop is more durable than
the ordinary one.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is -
(1.) An improved razor strop, formed from a cylindrical rod of wood or other
suitable material, covered with a layer of leather, substantially as described and
shown and for the purposes specified.
(2.) The improved razor strop, formed from a cylindrical rod covered with a
layer of leather, and provided with a handle, substantially as described and shown
in the accompanying drawings, and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 30th day of April 1895.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.