IGOR RAVBAR'S
Double Edge Razor Blade Stroppers (Sharpeners)
 
This is my razor blade stroppers (sharpeners) collection.  Most of them are from the middle of Europe, where Slovenia, my country, is situated. I have divided them in five groups according to the operating process:


 
I. Razor blade slides between two or four roller made of glass, leather or rubber.
Roller stroppers.
1   ROLLFLEX  MOND EXTRA  Germany
2   ROLLFLEX  Germany
3   SHARPY »R«   Germany
4   STROPAX
5   Twinplex   USA		 Rollfix stropper in use.
Sharpy stropper in use. Stropax stropper in use.


 
II. Razor blade slides between four stationary stone sharpeners
Stroppers with stones and pull cords.
1   WSW  Ausrtria
2   SHARP SHAVER  Austria
3   SIEMENS Austria
4    ?SIEMENS?
5   SIEMENS  Austria
6   Biber  Germany
Pull cord stropper in use.


 
III. Razor blade, fixed in a metal box, slides on stone or leather sharpener
Sliding machine stroppers.
1   ALLEGRO Switzerland
2   BAKONY  Hungary
3   BAKONY  Hungary
4   SOLUNA  Czechoslovakia
Allegro stropper in use.


 
IV. Razor blade, held by finger,  slides on stone or glass sharpener 
Stone and glass stroppers.
1   TRIUMPH
2   unknown manufacturer 
3   ALUMIN  Slovenia
Alumin (Slovenia) stropper in use.


 
V. Razor blade slides between leather strip
1   unknown manufacturer  Leather strap machine stropper

I?d like to thank Alan G. Appleby.

Please also visit my "7 O'Clock Shaving Collection" web site.

My e-mail: [email protected]

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