Razor S.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Sept., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Razor Strop.
We, FREDERICK KAMPFE, Manufacturer residing at the corner of Fulton and
Locust Streets, RICHARD KAMPFE, Manufacturer, residing at the corner of
Fulton and Market Streets and OTTO KAMPFE, Manufacturer residing at the
corner of Conduit and Liberty Avenues, all in the City of Brooklyn, in the
County of Kings, State of New York in the United States of America, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a new and improved razor strop which
is so constructed as to be strong and durable, easily held while using it and which
gives the blade a keen edge, which cuts freely without splitting or tapering the
hairs and without pulling.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a face view of our improved razor strop, parts being broken out.
Fig. 2 is a face view of a similar strop, parts being also broken out.
Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line of Fig. 1 and
Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail longitudinal sectional view of part of the strop,
showing how the ridges are undercut.
The strop A is made of leather and is provided on its working face with a
series of parallel inclined ridges B alternating with triangular grooves C.
The ridges are undercut as shown in Figure 4 so as to give them the shape in
cross section of an irregular pentagon, of which two sides are exposed, two smaller
sides are below the exposed sides and the remaining or fifth side is connected with
the body of the strop.
By under cutting the ridges or giving them the pentagon shape they can be cut
more sharply and clearly and obtain a certain resiliency which adds greatly to the
efficacy of the strop.
An end piece D is applied on the upper end of the strop which upper end it
embraces and is held in place either by means of eyelets E or in any other
suitable manner and in said end piece D a cord loop F or a wire hanger G is held,
which loop or banger serves for hanging or suspending the strop.
The lower end of the strop as shown in Figure 1, is tapered and curved to form
a handle part H on which a sheet metal frame J is clamped which is provided
with a hollow bead J' along the edges for the purpose of giving said metal handle
frame greater stiffness and permitting the operator to obtain a safer and more
secure hold on the handle, which is very essential as a slipping of the hand might
cause the blade to cut into the strop and ruin the same.
The bottom edge of the handle frame J is turned over the bottom of the leather
handle part H as shown in Figure 3 and clamped on the same and the open edge
of the bead J' is forced into the top of the leather handle part H.
For safety razor blades, which are usually held in a suitable implement while
stropping them, the handle shown in Figure 1 is sufficient but when ordinary
razors, which applied with more force on the strop, are to be stropped, it is
advisable to have a handle that gives the operator a still firmer grip on the strop,
In this
and for this purpose we have devised the handle K shown in Figure 2.
case the strop A is provided at its lower end with a metal end piece L into the
end parts of which the end prongs of the handle K are inserted.
The handle is made of wire bent to form an eye M at the bottom a hollow cross
piece O above said eye and an eye P above the cross piece O from which upper

page_text: eye P the two side shanks of the handle are inclined upward and outward to the
ends of the end piece L.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. A leather razor strop provided on its face with undercut ridges, substantially
as shown.
2. A leather razor strop provided on its face with a series of parallel undercut
inclined ridges and alternating grooves, substantially as shown.
3. The combination with a razor strop of end pieces held on the ends of the
same a hanger or loop applied to one end piece and a wire handle such as shown
to the other end piece, substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 21st day of August 1894.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.