An Improved Construction of Razor Strop.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 6th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Construction of Razor Strop.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM WALTER EDWARDS, of Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton,
in the County of Stafford, Hairdresser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the construction of a razor strop which may be
packed into the smallest possible compass, which shall be sufficiently rigid
for use without being laid flat upon a backing or support, and which shall afford
such a degree of flexibility or elasticity as to make it specially convenient.
in use.
A razor strop constructed according to this invention consists of a plain flat
strip or band of steel covered on both sides with leather, though it may of
course be covered on one side only if desired. The handle may be formed by
continuing the leather beyond the end and, if desired, thickening it by the addition
of a further layer or layers, and if preferred the steel backing also may be continued
into the handle; or the handle may be of any suitable material fixed in any
convenient manner to the end of the strop.
A strop constructed in this manner is extremely convenient for packing as it
may be inserted within a plain flat sheath or case.
It is also sufficiently rigid
to be used without being laid flat upon a backing or support, and affords a
considerable degree of elasticity which renders it specially convenient in use.
Dated this 5th day of June 1890.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Construction of Razor Strop.
I, GEORGE WILLIAM WALTER EDWARDS, of Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton,
in the County of Stafford, Hairdresser, 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 has for its object the construction of a razor strop which may
be packed into the smallest possible compass, which shall be sufficiently rigid for
use without being laid flat upon a backing or support, and which shall afford
such a degree of flexibility or elasticity as to make it specially convenient
in use.
A razor strop constructed according to this invention consists of a plain flat
strip or band of steel covered on both sides with leather, though it may of
course be covered on one side only if desired. The handle may be formed by
continuing the leather, beyond the end and, if desired, thickening it by the
addition of a further layer or layers, and if preferred the steel also may be continued
into the handle; or the handle may be of any suitable material fixed in any
convenient manner to the end of the strop.
A strop constructed in this manner is extremely convenient for packing, as it
may be inserted within a plain flat sheath or case. It is also sufficiently rigid to
be used without being laid flat upon a backing or support, and affords a considerable
degree of elasticity which renders it specially convenient in use.
A convenient form of my improved strop is illustrated by the drawings herewith,
of which Figure 1 is a plan and Figure 2 a longitudinal section. The views are

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shewn as broken in length, being drawn, for the sake of clearness in the sectional
view, to a scale which does not permit of a strop of the ordinary length being
shewn in full on the size of sheet employed. A layer of leather a is fixed along
one side of a flat steel strip, and a layer of leather is fixed, preferably, on the
opposite side of such strip. The layer a may be of a character suitable for
sharpening the razor, and the layer of a character suitable for finishing it. The
handle d is shewn as made up of two thicknesses of leather sewn together and on to
ends of the leathers a and c which project beyond the steel strip & for such purpose.
These ends are thinned down, as shewn, and inserted between the two layers of
leather forming the handle; and it is preferred to leave some little distance, as shewn,
between the inner ends of the layers of the handle and the inner end of the strip of
steel, to allow of the handle being doubled over on to the inain portion of the
strop, or on to a sheath containing such portion, for convenience in packing; or
the handle, as well as the main portion of the strop, may be inserted within a sheath
when not in use.
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. A razor strop formed of a plain flat strip of steel covered on one or both sides
with leather, substantially as described for the purpose set forth.
2. A razor strop constructed substantially as described and shewn by the drawings
herewith, for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 4th day of March 1891.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicant.