Improvements in Razor Strops.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Applicati n, 1 th N v., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 14 n Aug., 13:1--Accepted, 19th Sep'., 1 81
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Razor Strops.
I, CHARLES HENRY COOK M.A. Barrister-at-law, of 3 Middle Temple Lane
London E.C. and Donnington Mill House Newbury Berks do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In order to make the razor strop flexible and less bulky than those in ordinary
use a strip of hard metal or a very thin strip of some strong springy wood such as
greenheart or ash, or some other suitable substance is substituted for the staff piece
of wood which forms the support of the strips of leather in the razor strops most
ordinarily used. The strop so made may be placed in a case, but with the object
of making a case unnecessary I vary its construction in the following manner :
I take two strips of metal or other suitable flexible substance cut in the form of
a razor strop and face one side of each with the leather or other material on
which razors are stropped. These two portions of the strop are then fastened
together at either the end, side or top with hinges or other suitable attachment
allowing them to lie stropping side to stropping side when not in use, but back to
back when required for use, thus giving a flexible caseless strop but wh.ch by the
substitution of stiff supports may be made caseless without being flexible.
Dated this Fifteenth day of November 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Razer Strops.
1, CHARLES HENRY COOK, Barrister-at-law, when declaration was made of
Donnington, Newbury, Berks, but now residing at Elmilea South Stoke Wallingford
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:-
Two pieces of wood, hard metal or other suitable substance shaped l'ke au
ordinary razor strop (and made thin if a flexible strop is required, but stouter if
a stiff strop is required) are faced on one side with leather, or other material suit-
able for sharpening razors, and are hinged together at either end or at either side.
The hinge may be a link hinge which allows the two parts to come back to back
when required for use, or face to face when strop is not being used thus doing
away with the necessity of a case. The hinge may alternatively be (1) similar
to those used on doors but in that case the strop will not open so widely nor come
back to back as when the link h.nge is used or (2) the door hinge may be used
when by placing a swivel between one of the sides of the strop and the hinge the
two parts can be twisted round and brought face to face or back to back as may
be desired ar (3) in lieu of a metal hange the two parts of the strop may be
hinged together by a hinge consisting of a strip of canvas, leather or other
Strung material or combination of materials such as leather glued to canvas,
the port on of the material intended to serve as a hinge being not more than
sufficiently wide to allow the two sides of the strop sufficient play so that they
may be brought face to face or back to back as aforesaid or (4) to answer the
same purpose the stropping leather with which the two parts of the strop are
faced may Le made in one continuous strip and so, where it connects une side of
the strop with the other side, act as a hinge, in which case the two parts of the
strop could only be connected at the end remote from the handic or, less con-
veniently, at either side.

page_text: 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
A strop made flexible or otherwise and made in two parts hinged together and
requiring no case.